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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Emilly's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Emilly enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is maintaining my life as it is, since my income source is very unstable."
Grace's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Grace enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is the burden of school fees. I have tried my best so far but still have a long way to go."
Rosa's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Rosa enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is the burden of school fees. Especially for the one in special school."
Peter's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Peter enrolled.
"The achievement that I am proudest of is that I was able to go to school and completed my high school education through struggle."
Alice's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Alice enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that we don't have a stable income source and the heavy rains destroyed crops on our farm so we are forced to seek for handouts and at times we go to bed hungry."
Joshua's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Joshua enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that currently I don't have a bull that I can use in ploughing my farm hence making me to do a lot of manual work like digging so that I can prepare my farm for planting season. I also face a challenge of accessing clean water as our area faces severe drought and we walk long distance to access water."
Caroline's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Caroline enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that we face right now is lack of our own house, we currently live in my brother in law's house but he might come back home and then we will not have a place to stay."
Rael's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Rael enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of a sustainable source of income for myself and my spouse, we have three children in school and due to lack of funds they may drop out of school."
Judith's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Judith enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face right now is that ever since my spouse died I am the sole breadwinner, my small business is overwhelmed and cannot meet all the demands of my family and they often lack a lot of things."
Abigael's family
access_time almost 9 years ago
Abigael enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of a sustainable source of income for my self, my business is not doing very well and this makes life difficult as my family has to do without many basic items."