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.
Elizabeth's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Elizabeth received a $23 sixteenth payment.
"In the next six months, I expected to live a better life in that I will have bought a water tank. I expect to be having clean water for domestic use at my doorstep unlike now where I have to incur expenses to hire young men to help me fetch water. I will spend what I could spend on the water on other household daily needs or save for future necessities."
Joel's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Joel received a $23 fifteenth payment.
"My expectation in the near future is to ensure that my children are able to school well by providing all their needs. I hope that they excel in both school and general life. This will give me as a parent that inner joy. I also expect to enjoy a good health now that I can afford to plant and buy food."
Leonard's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Leonard received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"I have started a private school that has really picked up well even though I haven't fully registered it hence operating with few challenges. In the next six months, I expect to have fully given my school legal documents hence will be operating fully and all the returns will directly improve it and other investment. I will have more income to improve my school and invest in other business unlike now where I spent all the profits to put things in order."
Beatrice's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Beatrice received a $23 sixteenth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect my heifer to have grown bigger and will be about to calf hence I will be more hopeful than now. I expect to have bought more sheep hence will be more wort than my current life. I will be happy that I will be more empowered than now with my assets gaining value and this will also be my hopes for a better life since I will always have securities for any financial needs arising other family needs."
Mathew's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Mathew received a $45 eighth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect to be in a better position in financial stability since I will have harvested and sold cabbages that I currently on the farm. I expect my turn in the merry go round I joined to have come and I will have bought a cow to add to the two I have using the mone. I planning to use the remaining amount from what I will earn from both merry go round and cabbages sale to start a business and will be my happiness and hope of a better future."
Luisa's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Luisa received a $23 sixteenth payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have to build a better house for my family through the savings and my family will have a good place to sleep."
Naumy's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Naumy received a $23 sixteenth payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months through saving continuously in the merry go round group that we have in our village and us it to start a retail shop business. This business will earn me an extra income to meet additional household needs that are pressing."
Alice's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Alice received a $23 sixteenth payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have saved some money in the merry go round group that we have in our village. This will make have a good place to cook and even store firewood."
Philiph's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Philiph received a $23 sixteenth payment.
"I currently have a reliable monthly source of income and being a farmer, I have taken a step to do more farming using the transfer from GD. In the next six month, I expect to have harvested maize hence will have enough food for my family and also my herd of sheep will have to reproduce hence will be in a better financial status than now. I expect to be happier than now since I will easily provide for my family and will be saving what I could be spending on food."
Eunice's family
access_time almost 5 years ago
Eunice received a $23 eleventh payment.
"I am looking forward to starting a saloon to help me generate income for my household."