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Unfiltered, unedited stories

We’re committed to transparency and use our survey technology to collect and share real-time updates and stories in this live newsfeed.

Browse the real, unedited profiles of the recipients we serve, learn about their aspirations, and follow them to stay updated as their lives move forward.

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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.

almost 9 years ago

Carroline enrolled.

"The biggest hardship I face is feeding, providing and taking care of my family"

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almost 9 years ago

Salome enrolled.

"The biggest hardship I face now is taking care of and raising this children, our income source is very unstable."

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almost 9 years ago

Alice enrolled.

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that the income I get from my farm is too little to sustain us as a family."

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almost 9 years ago

Nicodemus enrolled.

"The achievement I am proudest of is I have been able to take my child to school till he finished secondary school and also being able to pay for his driving school fees."

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almost 9 years ago

Awino enrolled.

"The achievement that I am proudest of is that my husband has been able to build a house that we are currently staying in."

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almost 9 years ago

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is I have very many kids that is six children and I don't have a stable source of income that I can depend on to sustain them."

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almost 9 years ago

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that getting school fees for my children is difficult and I also do not have a cow that I can use to plough my farm hence making farming not to be easy."

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almost 9 years ago

Alice enrolled.

"The biggest hardship that we face in our life is that we don't have a source of income for our family and we have school going children who need school fees so it is a challenge for us."

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almost 9 years ago

Carolene enrolled.

"The biggest hardship I have faced is the burden of school fees."

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almost 9 years ago

"The proudest achievement is that we have a roof over our head which we never thought we could have"

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