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.
Jane's family
access_time 5 years ago
Jane received a $252 second payment.
"In the next six months, I would like to have started a large scale poultry farming. Currently, I keep poultry but in small scale because I do not have a large poultry house and the resources to feed them. After constructing a bigger kitchen, I'll use the current kitchen to keep the poultry which will help keep as many poultry as I can."
Alfred's family
access_time 5 years ago
Alfred received a $525 second payment.
"I used the money to buy my own sewing machine which I have been using to do my work operations within this locality. Today I am able to make my own cash long after the transfers were stopped, which means my life continues as usual and my family enjoys a good life courtesy of the machine that I bought using the transfers from GD."
Judith's family
access_time 5 years ago
Judith received a $252 second payment.
"I expect to pay school fees for my children who will get to stay in school and concentrate on their studies. I have bought building materials that I will use later to plaster my house as I had built a new house but had not plastered it. I look forward to having a beautiful house that would be the envy of the entire village."
Margaret's family
access_time 5 years ago
Margaret received a $525 second payment.
"First of all, the big house which I built was all possible courtesy of the transfers from GD, otherwise, I could not have achieved such a milestone by my own efforts."
Tobias's family
access_time 5 years ago
Tobias received a $252 second payment.
"My current house is not that big to accommodate visitors and my family well thus I do take my visitors to sleep in my brother's house. This is hectic and not secure because I have to let the visitors walk at night. Therefore, in the next six months, I plan to buy building materials which I will use to construct a house for my guests where they will spend. I would not want to bother my neighbors anymore with my visitors."
Alice's family
access_time 5 years ago
Alice received a $252 second payment.
"I plan to save and boost my business by restocking. I plan to do this so that I can increase the income generation of the family. We look forward to eating healthy food, pay school fees in time and also dress well."
Judith's family
access_time 5 years ago
Judith received a $525 second payment.
"I think that without the cash transfers from GD, I would have never been able to buy the cow which I bought because I do not have the financial capacity to purchase such a cow given that its price was extremely high. Now I will be able to get milk from the cow every single day, which means that I will not have to buy milk from the local vendors."
Edwine's family
access_time 5 years ago
Edwine received a $252 second payment.
"I expect to buy cement and sand to use in plastering my house. I had built a house but could not raise funds to buy cement and sand as I earned so little from casual work that could only sustain us through buying food. I plan to register in school and pursue a mechanic course which will also help raise more income for the family."
Bernard's family
access_time 5 years ago
Bernard received a $525 second payment.
"My life is different than it would have been before because, I am currently a poultry farmer something that I had dreamed of becoming but I lacked resources to implement. My family are enjoying the comfort of a bigger and spacious house as compared to the small shelter we had before. I look around my home and all I see is transformation thanks to GD."
Willis's family
access_time 5 years ago
Willis received a $525 second payment.
"Due to lack of finances, I have never been able to cultivate my entire farm and had to lease out a piece of it instead of letting it lie fallow. This affected my produce and my general household expenditure. Being able to cultivate the entire farm was made possible by these transfers because it was too costly for me. I was also able to renovate and improve my house which now looks brand new all thanks to GD transfers."