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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.
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over 2 years ago
Dija
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means a good house for me and my family. The cash transfer will help me to buy iron sheets so I can change the roof of my house. I will also use it to buy a bicycle which will help me to be traveling to places easily."
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over 2 years ago
Edina
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is poverty. It is so hard for my husband and I to even get food and other needs."
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over 2 years ago
Marco
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is having to live along without a wife. my wife left me for no reason in 2019, since then I have been alone."
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over 2 years ago
Wetu
enrolled.
"Receiving this money will help me build a good house for my children. Being alone without a husband is really hard for me so this money will help me make my children comfortable by buying more maize and build a better house."
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over 2 years ago
Agness
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face is lack of money because I do not work. Sometimes I do not have good quality rice to sell due to bad rains. That is why I lack money."
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over 2 years ago
Niya
enrolled.
"The money will help me in taking care of my children, I have 7 children and all of them have different fathers,now am not married my last husband also left me,so it is hard to take care of my children alone, with this money I will be able to build a new house and start business."
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over 2 years ago
Annie
enrolled.
"When my husband left me with these five children without anything. I didn't know what to do and how to look after them and unfortunately the heavy rains came and destroyed my house i was forced to ask the neighbours for shelter but good Samaritans have started rebuilding the house"
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over 2 years ago
Enelesi
received a $378 initial payment.
"It was just like any other day, i wokeup went to collect water at the borehole and it was there i heard from other people that they had recieved an alter from Airtel money informing them that they had recieved the money. I went home and checked my phone and the message was there. I dance and celebrate while showing my children the phone. I was very very happy."
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over 2 years ago
Grace
enrolled.
"I will be very happy to receive the money because i have been looking for a capital to start a new business."
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over 2 years ago
Sellina
received a $378 initial payment.
"I now have a soft and warm place to sleep. I bought 2 mattress and blankets for my children and myself. This is a such a big change for me because i used to sleep on the floor with just a sack for a sleeping mat and a thin bedsheet for warmth. I am greatfull."
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