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.
Hellen's family
access_time 5 years ago
Hellen received a $448 second payment.
"My life is now different in that, I'm living a stress free life because I can afford basic necesities like medical and food. In the past, I couldn't provide all these due to lack of money and this usually led to stress and me coveting my neighbours."
Fastino's family
access_time 5 years ago
Fastino received a $448 second payment.
"My life has totally changed in that, I have constructed a permanent house. I'm currently sleeping in my son's house which I share together with all my children and it can't accomodate all of us."
Hellen's family
access_time 5 years ago
Hellen received a $448 second payment.
"My life has tremendously improved in that, I built a permanent house which has given me to live an exciting life. This is because, previously I used to sleep in a dilapidated thatched house that leaked whenever it rained."
Jesca's family
access_time 5 years ago
Jesca received a $448 second payment.
"My life is now different in that, I boosted my shop business where I make minimum sales of Ugx 30000. Previously, when the shop was small; we could only get a maximum sales of Ugx10000 a day."
Merab's family
access_time 5 years ago
Merab received a $448 second payment.
"My life has greatly changed in that, I sleep in a permanent house. I used to sleep in an old thatched house that leaks."
Benard's family
access_time 5 years ago
Benard received a $530 second payment.
"My life is now different than before because I am now peaceful since I have cleared the debt. The creditor used to always come to my house in the evening frustrating my family as they insult them over the debt. This has been disturbing but I thank GD for coming through to rescue me from the situation. My grown up children also nowadays have a comfortable house to sleep. Previously, both of them ( boys and girls) used to sleep in our congested kitchen. This made it uneasy and also embarrassing to them."
John's family
access_time 5 years ago
John received a $448 second payment.
"Aquiring garden land has greatly changed my life as I am now stress free and I no longer have to worry about hiring farm land cheaply. I can now carry out large scale farming. Before, I had a small garden and it was a must to get extra piece of land to cultivate on such that the food could help sustain my family for quite a longer period of time and it was impossible to farm a variety of crops on that small land. I would go to an extent of hiring land on credit hence accumulating debt."
Makulata's family
access_time 5 years ago
Makulata received a $448 second payment.
"Recieving this money changed my life as it enabled me to build a permanet house that is spacious and will not require me to renovate at the end of every year. I have managed to get out of the leaking old grass thatched house that I used to stay in. This old house required renovating every end of year which made it very expensive in the long run."
Simon's family
access_time 5 years ago
Simon received a $448 second payment.
"My life has greatly changed by the fact that I own livestock such as sheep and a cow that will be my investment, keep me busy in terms of grazing them and source of pride in my community since it is the case in the setting of my home land. In the past, I was a nobody in the area without that livestock. I could keep around home with almost nothing to do except for waiting for evening and go gambling."
Fatuma's family
access_time 5 years ago
Fatuma received a $448 second payment.
"My life is different in that I now have my commercial house that will generate money in form of renting it off. This investment will relieve me from the suffering I have been going through of lacking money to use when its needed. Before getting this transfer, my life was miserable as I could not figure out a proper investment plan. I used to depend on farming where at times it was not reliable. This is so as the quality and prices could drop at any given time. Most of my financial issues were always left unattended. "