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.
Tom's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Tom enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that we have faced in life is that we don't have a stable source of income that we can use to pay school fees. We have one child in a national school and others in County schools. This come along with huge fee demands which doesn't match our income."
Beatrice's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Beatrice enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that we have faced in life is that we don't have a stable source income. We sometimes spend the day without getting a meal."
Peter's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Peter enrolled.
"Our proudest achievement is that we have worked hard and managed to build a house. Our house got burnt some years back and so we lived in a temporary shelter. We later worked very hard and built a new house."
Rose's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Rose enrolled.
"Our proudest achievement is that we managed to construct iron roofed house. We used to stay in a thatched house but that changed after we saved money which we used to build the current house."
John's family
access_time over 8 years ago
John enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of a sustainable source of income for myself. I am a blacksmith but business is not very good, I have been unable to raise money to till my farms and I fear that this year my family will often be sleeping hungry."
Matano's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Matano enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of a sustainable source of income.I am a casual worker but there is very little work to do in the village, in fact my spouse recently went to back to their home and it seems my in laws do not want her to come back to me unless I pay dowry which I cannot afford."
Beatrice's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Beatrice enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of capital to increase stocks of fast moving consumer goods that we sell at our small shop."
Walter's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Walter enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is having worked as a casual worker and after saving my earnings for a while I was able to build my current house, in addition I was able to meet a beautiful woman who I married."
Margaret's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Margaret enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face right now is ill health, I often have to carry out very many manual tasks in my farm and whenever I have problems with my health my farms often lie fallow."
George's family
access_time over 8 years ago
George enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is that I have no proper job to keep my daughter in school and to provide for her."