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.
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Augustine's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Augustine enrolled.
"Receiving this money will mean that I will be able to sleep well. Currently, I am sleeping in a leaky grass thatched house which I can not sustain to maintain every year."
Betty's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Betty enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is that, being a single mother, I face a challenge of inadequate income in order to support my family pay school fees and acquire land where I will settle them."
Richard's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Richard received a $469 initial payment.
"The moment I received the money, I felt very happy. This is because it came at a time when I was too broke."
Robert's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Robert enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is poverty. Iam always trying to move up and down looking after people's animals inorder to raise money for providing other essential basic needs like food, clothing to my self,so I donot have time to cultivate crops hence lacking food to eat every year."
Harriet's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Harriet enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is poverty. I do not have money to use for buying land that my family can be farming inorder to get crops for feeding purposes and selling in exchange for money hence Iam poverished with no hope of life."
Esther's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Esther received a $462 initial payment.
"I was over whelmed my joy the moment I received this transfer, because I knew that I was going to address my most pressing needs."
Emmanuel's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Emmanuel enrolled.
"Receiving this money is going to enable be a skilled person in future. I finnished my O level certificate 4 years ago and my parents were not able to push me to the next level, I have been trying to do some agriculture to raise tuition but it is not easy, so am going to use part of the money book myself a place in College and pursue a course in mechanics and the rest of the money, I will use it to put up an investment to boost my Education."
Farida's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Farida enrolled.
"Receiving this money will enable me build my own house. Apparently am renting and its costly to pay monthly dues but when I get this money, I will construct my own house on a plot I already own and the money I have been paying rent will go into my savings."
Joanes's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Joanes received a $22 fifteenth payment.
"I am planning to save some more towards buying more building materials like tiles to beautify my house. I also want to save some money to use in paying school fees for my children so that they get to concentrate on their studies well and not be sent home due to lack of it."
Stella's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Stella received a $463 initial payment.
"The moment I received the transfer, I became very happy and thanked God because I was going to pay off all the debts that I had."