GDLive Newsfeed
We check in with people at each stage of the cash transfer process to see how things are going. Take a look at some of their stories as they appear here in real-time. Learn more about how recipients opt in to share their stories.
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Esther's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Esther enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is lack of money and paying school fees. We also have a big problem of water and we fetch very far."
Isaac's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Isaac enrolled.
"The proudest achievement was going to college and having a family of my own."
Roseline's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Roseline enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is we have a very small land and I don't have a house."
Betris's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Betris enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that at times we go to bed hungry when we are not lucky to get someone to pay us so that we supply water to them using our donkey."
Caroline's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Caroline enrolled.
"The achievement that I am proudest of is that when my husband died I did not have a house but I managed to do some casual work as a waiter in a hotel and I saved the cash that I earned which I used in building the house that I now stay in."
Mary's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Mary enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that ever since my husband died I have nobody to look up to and whenever I have difficulties I just face them alone and this at times is not easy on my side with the little income I get from working on other people's farms."
Esabela's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Esabela enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that getting school fees for my children is not easy as my business of selling firewood is also not doing well hence my income currently is low making it difficult to support my children with shool fees. "
Dickson's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Dickson enrolled.
"My biggest hardship was when my last born son missed his last term exams because I could not afford to raise his school fee."
Elisha's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Elisha enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is that I own my home and I can do any kind of development I want anytime."
Sabina's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Sabina enrolled.
"My biggest hardship has been how to find a reliable job that can enable me support my family financially."