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almost 6 years ago

Pamela enrolled.

"The biggest hardship is that I am not able to meet the very important needs of my household like paying school fees and having better accommodation."

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almost 6 years ago

Masilus enrolled.

"My proudest achievement is that I operate a garage which has helped to take care of my family."

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almost 6 years ago

Filister enrolled.

"My proudest achievement is having joined a women's support group, I saved whatever little money I had within the group for quite some time and used my savings to purchase two goats."

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almost 6 years ago

Susan received a $98 initial payment.

"l plan to build a house , to pay school fee and also plan to start a small business."

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almost 6 years ago

Everline enrolled.

"My proudest achievement is having started a green grocery business and it has enabled me to provide for my children and even educate them."

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almost 6 years ago

Hellen enrolled.

"My proudest achievement is having that I have never had problems getting food for my family because I always till my land and get bumper harvests."

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almost 6 years ago

Cathorine enrolled.

"My proudest achievement is that I have always been getting good harvests from my farm and whenever I sell the produce I am usually able to buy a few chickens."

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almost 6 years ago

Eunice received a $98 initial payment.

"l plan to plaster my house , fence my home and buy water tank."

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almost 6 years ago

Michael received a $98 initial payment.

"l plan to build my son a house and pay school fee."

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almost 6 years ago

Kesiah enrolled.

"The biggest hardship that I face is lack of enough money to cater for my children's school fees, they were recently sent away from school because they had fee arrears."

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