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.
John's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
John enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I will be able to buy oxen for ploughing, a cow that can provide milk for my family and some house hold items. I believe this will improve the standard of living in my home."
Enos's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Enos enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron roofed house. The one I have is grass thatched but maintaining it is so hard now especially at my age. Grass is hard to find due to it's scarcity. I also hope to buy beddings using this same money. The ones that I currently use are very old."
Jenet's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Jenet enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is poverty. I do lack farm land and with a big number of children, Iam facing it hard to rely on causal labour and small scale farming. My family members are getting malnurious due to poor feeding condition."
Christine's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Christine enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is lack of money for paying school fees. My children are bright but Iam unable to raise money for educating them hence they have ended up being school drop outs. This I believe will definitely force them engage in to earlier marriages."
Majeri's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Majeri received a $449 second payment.
"My standard of living has greatly improved in that, I am sleeping in an iron roofed house that does not leak. The new house has made me very happy because I am now having peaceful nights. Previously, I slept on a grass thatched hut that leaked whenever it rained."
Janet's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Janet received a $449 second payment.
"I was able to seek proper medical treatment for my self and I am now better than before. I am also sleeping on a well cemented and plastered house that was very dusty previously. "
Elizabeth's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Elizabeth received a $449 second payment.
"This financial support has enabled me hire 3 arces of land and I have acquire a cow, new household items(bedings and mattresses) that have given me comfortable night sleep. Previously, I slept on mat that was so uncomfortable and I had a shortage of food because I didn't have enough money to hire a piece of land to cultivate."
Martine's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Martine received a $449 second payment.
"My life is different in that, I have acquire oxen and household items. Given my poor health condition, the possibility of acquiring this property without this transfer would have been impossible."
Mary's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Mary received a $449 second payment.
"My life has improved in that, I live healthy and in better a house. In the past, I had no source of income given my age and therefore, I couldn't meet my basic needs."
Dinah's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Dinah received a $449 second payment.
"My life is now very different in that, we have set up two family businesses that are generating daily income. Previosuly, I was jobless together with my spouse with no stable source of income for meeting our family needs. In addition, I bought a cow and paid off the loans that made us regain possession of our two acres of land. Before, we had no land to cultivate since all the acres of land were in the hands of the creditors."