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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.
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over 6 years ago
Kennedy
received a $99 initial payment.
"Am planning to make a donkey cart."
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over 6 years ago
Remmy
received a $99 initial payment.
"Am planning to cement the walls and floor of my current house then furnish it with nice seats."
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over 6 years ago
Anna
received a $99 initial payment.
"I will build a semi-permanent house of 30 iron sheets, buy a goat and a heifer and that is how I will spend my upcoming lumpsum transfer."
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over 6 years ago
Naomi
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to repair my house and farm with my upcoming lump-sum payment."
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over 6 years ago
Ruth
received a $99 initial payment.
"We are planning to make a fishing boat."
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over 6 years ago
Mary
received a $493 second payment.
"There is a big difference in my life because l did not have a place to put up a home but l can now say proudly that l a home."
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over 6 years ago
Caroline
received a $99 initial payment.
"Am planning to build an iron roofed house then buy a cow with the rest."
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over 6 years ago
Millicent
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to spend my upcoming lumpsum payment on paying for my 2 daughters in secondary school fees.I also want to put windows and a door to my house and buy a goat."
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over 6 years ago
Joseph
received a $99 initial payment.
"When you will send me my upcoming lumpsum payment, I will pay dowry for my wife with 20000 KES, build and move to my own house and open for my wife a cereal shop."
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over 6 years ago
Caleb
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to use my upcoming lump-sum payment on dowry payment and repair of my roof."
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