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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. Learn more about how recipients opt in to share their stories.
Lilian's family
access_time 5 years ago
Lilian received a $23 twelfth payment.
"I want to start a small business within the village where I will be buying food items and re-selling to my customers. I think the best option for me is to start a small shop business that will be generating some little profit overtime. The profit will then be used to buy domestic livestock such as a goats, sheep or cows depending on the amount of profits generated. Keeping these animals always act as a source of financial security because if I run out of cash then I can easily sell them and make some cash."
Patrick's family
access_time 5 years ago
Patrick received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months, my life shall have changed for the better. My corn will be sprouting and doing well. This will give me some peace. This will give me surety that I will have some good harvest at the end of it all. This is why I am competing time to ensure that I plough on time at least so that I am not left behind."
Moses's family
access_time 5 years ago
Moses received a $23 twelfth payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have started a profitable business. I am thinking of opening a retail shop since we are far from the town centers. I believe it is a good business that will earn me enough money to boost my wages which I normally get from the manual jobs. When this dream actualizes I will be able to take care of my pressing needs easily."
Alphine's family
access_time 5 years ago
Alphine received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months I expect to have two dairy cows which can produce enough milk for both family consumption and sale of the surplus to help raise higher income for the family. The milk produced shall be sold to the milk buying companies where we can get monthly income from it. The monthly income shall assist us a lot in implementing other income generating projects that will help us run the family well."
Syprose's family
access_time 5 years ago
Syprose received a $23 eleventh payment.
"I want to increase my tomatoes business hence increase in my daily income, I will be able to pay school fees for my children with a lot of ease, I will also ate well"
Alice's family
access_time 5 years ago
Alice received a $23 eleventh payment.
"Hopefully, I would have built my new house through the saving from the small income that I am currently saving."
Phillister's family
access_time 5 years ago
Phillister received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect to have built a new house which will keep me warm and safe from adverse weather condition. Currently, I am living in an old, weak and leaky house. Whenever it rains heavily, my household and I are always forced to stay awake until the rain subsides. Consequently, we do suffer from pneumonia during the rainy season as a result of the poor condition of my house"
Anjeline's family
access_time 5 years ago
Anjeline received a $23 eleventh payment.
"I will have started a fish business increase in daily income to support me to meet other additional needs for my family."
Mercy's family
access_time 5 years ago
Mercy enrolled.
"My spouse had been unemployed for a long time but he got a job recentlyHe earns very little from it.I on the other part have no source of income and we have to fully depend on his little salary.We have not had rainfall since last year and hence our crops dried up.We therefore have to buy food ie maize.This strains us a lot financially because the commodities are expensive now due to scarcity.This is the biggest hardship I have faced"
Kazungu's family
access_time 5 years ago
Kazungu received a $549 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I'm back into my business which I had lost. In fact, I'm even doing better than before since I used to afford three cows at a time but now I can afford 5 which translates to more profit and my family can have a better meal than they used to have. They are happier and healthier now."