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.
Pamela's family
access_time 9 years ago
Pamela received a $98 initial payment.
"I am planning to spend my upcoming lumpsum payment on building an iron roofed house.I also want to buy a calf and pay school fees."
Caroline's family
access_time 9 years ago
Caroline received a $98 initial payment.
"I am planning to spend my upcoming lumpsum payment on buying building materials(iron sheets,windows and a door).I also want to pay school fees for my child."
Mary's family
access_time 9 years ago
Mary received a $98 initial payment.
"I am planning to spend my upcoming lumpsum payment on plastering my house.I also want to pay school fees and buy a mattress."
Penina's family
access_time 9 years ago
Penina received a $98 initial payment.
"I am planning to spend my upcoming payment on paying dowry for my daughter in law.I also want to plaster my house and buy a cow."
Elizabeth's family
access_time 9 years ago
Elizabeth enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that currently my business is not doing well and the money I get is very small so I am not able to pay school fees for my girl who is supposed to join college and she depends on me."
Emaculate's family
access_time 9 years ago
Emaculate enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is that I was able to buy a chair using cash that I got from my business of selling "bhajia" French fries."
Eunice's family
access_time 9 years ago
Eunice enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that we face in our life is that my husband's income has reduced as his fishing net is old and torn and this makes him not to have a good catch that can be sold to give us money."
Lilian's family
access_time 9 years ago
Lilian enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is that we have been able to get some cash from my husband's savings that we used to buy some cement that we used to plaster the walls of our house as initially it was built using mud."
Beryl's family
access_time 9 years ago
Beryl enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that our income is not very stable and we are not able to depend on farming in order to take care of our family and this at times makes us to go a day without cash that we really need to buy food and other basic items."
Lydia's family
access_time 9 years ago
Lydia enrolled.
"The achievement that I am proudest of is that we did not have a house in the past and we were staying in someone else house but we managed to build our own house when my husband sold our cow and spend the cash in buying materials that we used in building our house that we now stay in."