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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Milca's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Milca enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that we have struggled to educate our children."
Samuel's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Samuel enrolled.
"My biggest hardship in life is lack of proper source of income to buy food and pay school fees for my children."
Benter's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Benter enrolled.
"The biggest hardship we face is the need to renovate our house. The finishing was not well done."
Helidah's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Helidah enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is paying fees and feeding my family,since am not employed."
Sarah's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Sarah enrolled.
"The proudest achievement is that we have a home of our own and a family."
Caroline's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Caroline enrolled.
"The achievement that I am proudest of is that we were able to buy two sheep and a goat using cash that my husband got from his casual job of working on other people's farm."
Alice's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Alice enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is raising my family since I don't have a proper job we only live from hand to mouth."
Elizabeth's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Elizabeth enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that our income is not very stable and at times we spend a lot of money on food making us to be let with very little that cannot be used to pay for school fees for our kids."
Eunice's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Eunice enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is having been able to cater for my families basic needs by using money that I get from selling my farm produce."
Teresia's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Teresia enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is having been able to finally have my own homestead. In our culture having one's own homestead is a status symbol and those living in their parent's homesteads are looked down upon. Thus nowadays I can proudly walk in our village."