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.
Christine's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Christine enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced is food insecurity for my family following heavy rains which swept away my farms last year.We have no cereals in the stores and this forces us to sleep hungry because even the water vending business run by my husband in Mombasa can not generate enough money to enable us buy adequate food. This year,we are already starring at drought and this makes us fearful that the situation may worsen in future."
Rose's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Rose received a $536 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is the happiness and pride I have for having paid for my daughter's school fee. This has relieved me of the worries I had before on how to raise money for her college fee so that she could not be sent out of college hence she has enough time for her studies."
Rose's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Rose received a $22 eighth payment.
"I expect my life to change because once I have increased the stock capacity of business so that the income capacity goes up."
Mildred's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Mildred received a $22 eighth payment.
"I expect to have a change in my life by being self-reliant and self-employed by starting a small scale business of selling second hand clothes and also starting a boutique because I know it generates a lot of income."
Ismael's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Ismael received a $22 eighth payment.
"I expect a change in my life because in the near future I will have bought a cow that I will rear within my compound and later use it as a source of milk so that I will not have to buy milk from vendors."
Monica's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Monica received a $44 fourth payment.
"I expect my life to change in the near future because my plan is to buy iron sheets that I will use to build my own house away from my father in-laws compound where I currently live in and the main reason for doing that will be to stay away from the politics of relatives where I currently stay."
Moses's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Moses received a $22 eighth payment.
"I expect to start a small scale business where I will be buying maize from suppliers and later re-sell to our local people in the community. This business will also generate profits for me that will be able to sustain me financially moving into the future."
James's family
access_time over 5 years ago
James received a $22 eighth payment.
"I expect to save so much cash so that I should be able to pay school fees for my children very easily and definitely give them a much better life than how they live today."
Beryl's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Beryl received a $22 eighth payment.
"My life will change because I will have built a new house and also started a new house. The house I live in today is too small for the large family and we have to squeeze in it making life quite unbearable."
Juma's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Juma enrolled.
"It means building for myself a house"