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.
Phillister's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Phillister received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"In the six months, I am hopeful that I shall have saved enough money and bought cement and sand for plastering my house. The thought of being infected with jiggers will not cross my mind ever again"
Florance's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Florance received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect to have started buying building materials in preparation for building my new spacious house. I hope I shall have saved enough money."
Andrew's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Andrew enrolled.
"My father is epileptic which has been a great challenge since i am the firstborn in the family hence i am required to stay home closer to him to monitor his situation and to ensure he is safe. My wife works as a casual labourer working in people's farms and she is the breadwinner of our family. My greatest desire has always been to open my own workshop here at home so that i can work closer to my sick father since i posess skills in capentry but i havent been able to achieve this due to lack of capital. This is the biggest hardship i am facing."
Rose's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Rose enrolled.
"My first priority upon getting this money is to buy a piece of land for farming since the one my family and I currently live in ain't enough to cultivate, hence the little money I earn from working as a casual labourer is mostly spent on buying food which we could have cultivated if only we had land for farming. I also plan to build a bigger iron roofed house since the one my family and i live in is smaller compared to the bigger size of the family."
Daniel's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Daniel enrolled.
"Three years ago I borrowed a dairy cow from a friend of mine as a source of income for my family. I have since talked him into selling it to me upon receiving the first transfer to which he agreed. Receiving this money will therefore boost my esteem as a proud owner of a dairy cow, something I have aspired to do for a long time. With the remaining amount, I am planning to venture into poultry farming as a form of savings and source of income that will fend for my children's education in future. "
Wiliter's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Wiliter received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months because I will have started my poultry farming. This will improve my life because I will be earning a better income. I know I will earn better because of the high demand my product is in our local market. This will also enable me to complete the hairdressing training that I started recently. Once I get a certificate I will be in a better position to employ myself by starting saloon business. With this I know my living standards will improve, I will rarely take loans. This will ensure that I have a steady growth both financially healthwise and emotionally"
Jemimah's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Jemimah received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"I do expect my life to change so much in the next six months because my projects will have picked and I will have started enjoying the profits. I have not yet thought of starting another project because I still want to concentrate on the ones that I recently started. Poultry and animals rearing. I am passionate about doing them and I enjoy doing all the duties in this job. I feel that I should give it my best that is why I do not what to start another thing that may interfere with it."
Nelson's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Nelson received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect to have started a business hence will have a secondary and a better source of income which will change my life positively in that access to household needs and my children school fees will be easier. I expect to have either gathered building materials or to have already started to build a new, more decent house which will be my happiness and hope of better living standards of my family."
Brian's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Brian received a $22 sixteenth payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have expanded my poultry farm. I will have added approximately 1000 hens. This simply means my income will increase when I sell them to my customers after they have grown healthier and bigger. Currently, I supply fewer hens to schools and hotels because I didn't have enough money to expand the business. I want to be a reliable person so that I can even get more orders from other people too that and this is why the thought of expanding the farm was the best option for me."
Juliana's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Juliana enrolled.
"Receiving this money will enable me pay school fees for my children.I have one child in college and two of them in secondary school.I will also buy one cow and four sheep.This will help me in years to come especially paying school fees."