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.
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almost 6 years ago
Rhoda
received a $368 second payment.
"I spent the KES 15000 of the transfers to pay my sisters school fees. I also used KES 5000 to pay for my child's school. Paid rent of KES 1500. I also spent KES 3000 to buy food items. The remaining KES 8000 went towards savings in my bank account. My sister had been out of school for a while due to school fees so I decided to spend most of the transfers to keep her in school."
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almost 6 years ago
Irene
received a $23 twelfth payment.
"Once we have completed the moving plans, I will want to invest my transfers into a business to enable me have an extra source of income. I hope that with the profits I will be making,I will be able to give my children better lifestyles and better meals. My other goal is to be totally independent of my husband and make something out of my life as well."
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almost 6 years ago
Joan
enrolled.
"I am a casual labour. I work at a white man's plantation more than 10 kilometers away. Every day, I wake up at 4:30 am to prepare breakfast and lunch for my children before taking on a two-hour trek to my work station. I would later come back late in the evening exhausted with the idea of repeating the same the next day. All this hectic routine thanks to a harsh climatic conditions in our area that has seen crops fail to germinate every year due to lack of water. The wages I get at the end of the month is spent repaying debts I had accumulated throughout the month. There's nothing left to safe since I still have to pay fees for my three children. It's even harder given the fact that am a single mother. This is the biggest hardship I've faced in my life."
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almost 6 years ago
Maurine
received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months l expect to have bought enough building materials and build a spacious comfortable house."
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almost 6 years ago
George
received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months l expect to have completed building my iron roofed house."
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almost 6 years ago
David
received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months l expect to have completed building my house spacious comfortable house."
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almost 6 years ago
Benard
received a $23 eighth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect to have good harvest, get some money out of it and buy three exotic cows for dairy purpose. I have leased four acres of land and already it has been fully prepared, waiting for planting. I shall do inter cropping; maize and beans, then apply for tender for food supply to secondary schools after which money to buy cows shall be raised."
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almost 6 years ago
Margaret
received a $23 twelfth payment.
"In the next six months, I expect to enlarge my business. By doing so, I will be able of generating more income. I also plan to shall have completed my house by doing everything."
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almost 6 years ago
Sarah
enrolled.
"My plan is to buy land with the transfers. I shall plant crops in this land to maximise production."
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almost 6 years ago
Eunice
received a $23 twelfth payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will be supporting my sons family in footing some bills like buying food. I will also be strong despite my old age due to eating well."
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