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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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5 years ago
Beldina
enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that I am a successful farmer. I have raised livestock and so no longer have to hire bulls for ploughing. This has made my work easy."
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5 years ago
Joseph
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is paying school fees for my children as I don't have a stable source of income."
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5 years ago
Jennifer
enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is that through hard work in my farming activity, I was able to buy iron sheets that I used to build the house that we currently stay in."
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5 years ago
Erick
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that getting money has not been easy for me as I am forced to dig manually using my hands and this makes my income from farming to be little."
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5 years ago
Jean
enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is that I have been able to plough my farm and I got a good harvest that is sustaining me and my family."
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5 years ago
Mildren
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that our income has gone down and we are not able to get enough money that we can invest in our farm and business."
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5 years ago
John
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is getting a proper source of income is difficult as at times I go a day without work as getting casual job is not easy and many times I get injuries forcing me not to work."
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5 years ago
Margaret
enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is that I have been able to go to work and get food to eat even at old age."
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5 years ago
Philip
enrolled.
"My proudest achievement was buying furniture. This is because I used money that we had saved in a local group, where we had a merry go round."
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5 years ago
Lucy
enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is having built our current house using my savings from my previous job as a waitress."
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