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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Everlyne's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Everlyne enrolled.
"My proudest achievement was switching from a leaking grass thatched house to a metal roofed house and I am happy that I'm not being rained on anymore and that this house will protect me from all odds."
Alice's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Alice enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is when floods destroyed and swept my house. I had to start from zero to build another house although it was much expensive for me as a widow."
Violet's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Violet enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that we have faced in life is that we don't have a stable source of income to support our family. We depend on farming as our major source of income although it is not much productive being that we live in a semi arid area."
Monica's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Monica enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that I have managed to save the little money that I get and started a small retail shop which I hope to expand in future."
Pamela's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Pamela enrolled.
"Our proudest achievement is that we have managed to build a house for our family."
Margaret's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Margaret enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is not having proper land to cultivate,sickness is also a problem since we have no money for treatment."
Kepher's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Kepher enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that my income is unstable and this makes life difficult to me as you cannot manage to take care of the family without cash and I am not able to raise my kids properly by affording to pay school fees for them at the required time."
Mary's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Mary enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that my husband has no other source of income and at times I am forced to play the role of breadwinner as when I don't work we can even go to bed hungry."
Tabitha's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Tabitha enrolled.
"The bigget hardship that I face in my life is that we don't have a bull and a ploughing machine hence at times we are forced to work for other people so that we can be given a ploughing machine and this is expensive on our side."
Beatrice's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Beatrice enrolled.
"The bigget hardship that I face in my life is that this year our harvest was not so good and it has not been able to sustain us hence we are forced to buy food which is expensive."