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.
Rose's family
access_time 6 years ago
Rose received a $449 second payment.
"Currently, my life has changed in that, I am happy because I have never held such a big amount of money like this in my life, money which is given without strings attached to it. previously, I used to split my crop harvest into two, part of it to sell and the other to eat. That small amount of money would not make any significant change in my life."
Rose's family
access_time 6 years ago
Rose enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that I will be able to build an iron roofed house. "
Ketty's family
access_time 6 years ago
Ketty enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that I will be in position to buy a piece of land. "
Mikilos's family
access_time 6 years ago
Mikilos enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I will buy oxen to help me in ploughing my gardens."
Janet's family
access_time 6 years ago
Janet enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face currently is lack of enough money for building ironroofed house and buying household items."
Harriet's family
access_time 6 years ago
Harriet enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I will construct an iron rooffed house because I already have bricks."
Richard's family
access_time 6 years ago
Richard enrolled.
"Receiving this money will help me build an iron roofed house we have run short of thatching grass."
Esther's family
access_time 6 years ago
Esther enrolled.
"Most recently I was meant to plant cassava cuttings but I failed to get the oxen to help me plough my gardens so they are now drying up."
Geoginah's family
access_time 6 years ago
Geoginah received a $50 fourth payment.
"I was very happy when I received my transfers since for a long time I have been depending on casual jobs to provide the basic needs for my family. I knew that I will venture into a new business to get an income to provide for my family."
Rose's family
access_time 6 years ago
Rose received a $449 second payment.
"My life is now different in that, I have constructed a beautiful permanent house. The price of good quality thatch material has gone high of late and this has made it very expensive to sleep in a thatched house. This is because on average a thatched house needs to be renovated annually."