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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Onyango's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Onyango enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is having worked at at a stone quarry crushing and breaking large pieces of stone into small chips and after some years of saving I was able to buy three goats."
David's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
David enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is having saved quite a substantial amount of money that I get from my motorcycle taxi and these savings have helped quite a lot whenever my family needs anything or an unexpected expense arises."
Christabel's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Christabel enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is having toiled in my farm for very many years and managed to educate my children up to secondary school level, in fact one of them completed his secondary school education last year."
Rose's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Rose enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that I have been able to build a house for my family."
Solomon's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Solomon enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that we have struggled to educate our children."
Irine's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Irine enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is sickness and the lack of money which makes meeting our needs to be very difficult."
Rebecca's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Rebecca enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that through the work I do which is ploughing for people I have been able to buy household items."
Peter's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Peter enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is that I am not able to uplift my family's living standards and give them the best."
Lilian's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Lilian enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is that I lack funds that can enable me build a better house than this one."
Seline's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Seline enrolled.
"The proudest achievement is that I built the house am living in on my own after my husband died,I have bought a few furniture for my house and my children are going to school."