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.
Ibrahim's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Ibrahim received a $99 initial payment.
"I'm planning to fence my home with a barbed wire. I'm also planning to pay school fees to my son in collage."
John's family
access_time over 8 years ago
John received a $99 initial payment.
"I plan to pay school fees for my children, and buy oxen for ploughing my farm."
Lillian's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Lillian received a $99 initial payment.
"I'm planning to pay my son fees with a portion of the transfer. I'm also planning to buy some animals with the remaining portion."
Judith's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Judith received a $493 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that now I have an income from my business."
Nancy's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Nancy received a $99 initial payment.
"I'm planning to build a spacious house because my current house is small in size. I'm also planning to furnish my house with the remaining amount."
Margaret's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Margaret received a $99 initial payment.
"I'm planning to build a nice iron roofed house because my current house is too small. I'm also planning to cement both floor and roofing of the house."
Ezra's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Ezra enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of a house, I currently rent a room at the shopping centre but I really struggle to pay the rent. I am afraid that one day the landlord will evict me if I do not pay rent on time."
Brian's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Brian enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of a sustainable source of income, my earnings from fishing are meagre and can hardly cater for all my family's needs, we therefore have to be very careful with what we buy."
Sila's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Sila enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is having worked for a fish processing company and after saving my wages for quite some time I was able to build my current house."
David's family
access_time over 8 years ago
David enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of enough funds to carry out some activities like starting a small business, I am currently out of work and the little cash I get from fishing is hardly enough to take care of my family's needs."