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.
Giradesi's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Giradesi enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face currently is poverty, I do not have food to eat at my home. "
Besmes's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Besmes enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of money to sustain an extended family."
Debula's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Debula enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced is inadequance of agricultural land. This has reduced on both our income and food consumption."
Elisabeti's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Elisabeti enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have is illness. I have constant chest pain which limits me from doing heavy work."
Margaret's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Margaret received a $530 second payment.
"The biggest difference for me I would say is that I leased a piece of land where I will now be planting cash crops every season going into the future. At least I will have a land to cultivate and get some food which I will sell out in the future once they mature which means I will have more money in the future to take care of other needs."
Stanley's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Stanley received a $530 second payment.
"My life is different in that I have a constant source of income from the poultry project. The income is enough to cater for my family basic needs and I no longer struggle to provide for my family as I used to do in the past when I used to depend on little money I got from casual jobs. I also have a spacious house which can accommodate all my family members and my sons no longer sleep with their neighbor since they have a house to sleep now."
Esther's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Esther received a $367 second payment.
"When I received my recent transfer, I spent a bigger chunk of the money on my savings. I am planning to build a house to channel the money I pay on rent for my business. This way, it will boost my earning. The remaining amount I restocked my second- hand clothe business and I now enjoy the profits from the business."
Alice's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Alice received a $23 twelfth payment.
"God willing when we get there I will have another plan but for me right now, my top priority every month when I get the transfers is to make sure that I clear the school fees arrears for my grandchildren because that is the biggest burden I have at the moment."
James's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
James received a $454 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I have been in position to construct an iron roofed kitchen and plaster my semi permanent house. Before, the rains had started weakening the wall that would have caused the house to fall since it was not plastered. I didn't have money to seek proper treatment and construct an ironed roofed kitchen."
Jactone's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Jactone received a $23 twelfth payment.
"My long term goal includes buying cattle such as goats and cows which I will use to pay dowry so that I settle the "debt" once and for all. I know it is not good to live with my wife for this long without paying the dowry but then again its due to my limited finances that I have never been able to do so."