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.
Kahindi's family
access_time over 3 years ago
Kahindi enrolled.
""My longing has been to start a retail shop bussinessbut due to financial arrears, this dream has never materialized. I own a rental structure at our nearby center which is conducive location for my business. to start a shop. Receiving this money means fulfilling my desire. I planning to spend 90,000 shillings to start the business this include all the stock required for the shop. This is going to generate for to my family. I will be using the profits to cater for my family needs such as food. Approximately,I can earn 500 shillings in a day. Other than that, I planning to spend the remaining part of transfer to repair my mud-walled house which is almost collapsing.""
Viola's family
access_time over 3 years ago
Viola enrolled.
"Having to feed my family is the biggest challenge I face currently. I rely on working on peoples' farms as a casual laborer to earn a living. In a typical day, I earn at most 300 shillings. This is just a drop in the sea considering that I have a family of 4 children to cater for. Sometimes we have to skip meals and this is something that is stressing me as a parent."
Weldon's family
access_time over 3 years ago
Weldon enrolled.
"Losing my firstborn daughter is the biggest hardship I have faced in my entire life. My daughter passed on because of lack of proper medication due to my inability to raise the required medical bill. I feel that I should have done something to save her life. What is even paining the most is the fact that at that time I did not have money to hire a car to rush her to the hospital. I just watched her cry helplessly because there was nothing much I could do. The events of that day keep bothering me up until today."
Philip's family
access_time over 3 years ago
Philip enrolled.
"As a self-employed person who depends on crop farming only as a source of income yet climatic conditions in our area have become unfavorable, sustaining my family and educating my children has been a tough challenge. Receiving this money means that I will restart my livestock trade. Hence, my family will be receiving substantial income as before, and thus resume their more satisfying lifestyle. Accordingly, my children shall amply continue pursuing their studies and dream goals."
Charo's family
access_time over 3 years ago
Charo enrolled.
"As the head of an household with a young family to look after, my biggest plan is to always put food on my family's table. The biggest hardship I have ever faced in my life is when we were affected with long drought. We lost our livestock grazing lands and the few vegetables we had. It was the hardest time ever faced looking at my hungry family wakes up every morning and retire to bed in the evening. I felt so depressed and devastated of the situation but I had no efforts to change it."
Elizabeth's family
access_time over 3 years ago
Elizabeth enrolled.
"I am a young single mother of two who always struggle to meet family daily and future goals. I grew up in a humble family forcing me to step out of my parent's home to see my children through in life. I primarily rely on hard and low paying casual jobs within my home area. To me receiving this money means a start up in life. I am planning to use the money to buy livestock. I am sure I will have milk for both household use, sales and the calves to come will be added assets that I can rely on in future to meet my family needs mainly my children education."
Juliat's family
access_time over 3 years ago
Juliat enrolled.
"I am a single lady with two children. I got separated from my ex-husband because of irreconcilable differences and he is now married with one child. After separation, I came back home to my parents with the hope of getting some peace of mind but that was never to be. My sisters in law could not give me the peace that I needed because they felt that I should go back to my husband. We could have serious misunderstandings and occasionally quarrel. I thought that I will get some protection from my parents but they too, turned a blind eye to my case. I had no choice but to move out to look for a place I could calm my mind. I was given somewhere to stay temporarily by neighbors who sympathized with my case, and that is where I am up until now."
Mahamudu's family
access_time over 3 years ago
Mahamudu enrolled.
"Not having enough money to buy food for her entire household"
Fatima's family
access_time over 3 years ago
Fatima enrolled.
"The money will assist us in finishing the house I started to build and buy livestock to generate income for my school going children."
Mariam's family
access_time over 3 years ago
Mariam enrolled.
"The biggest hardship we have faced in life is prolonged drought in our region. This has led to low crop production and lack of water for domestic use (for home consumption and cattle). Even though we have tapped water from the county government, it is expensive to pay for it and not reliable since at times we don't get it. We are planning to use Ksh 30,000 to buy more pipes and water tanks to assist us in irrigating our one acre of land and use the rest in equipping our business."