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.
Jesca's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Jesca enrolled.
"The biggest hardship i have faced is the illness of the waist which limits my input into agticultural work."
Ketty's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Ketty enrolled.
"When i receive this money, i will put up an ironsheets house, acquire some piece of land and pay some school fees."
Timoth's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Timoth enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is lack of agricultural land. This makes me to hire gardens every season."
Betty's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Betty enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I will be able to meet the scholastic needs of my children, buy a piece of land, buy oxen and some household items. "
Steven's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Steven enrolled.
"Receiving this money means to buy cows. These cows I will use as dowry for getting a woman."
Eremegio's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Eremegio enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron roofed house, buy a cow so that I can have milk, buy some household items for example beddings and clothes."
Mebo's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Mebo enrolled.
"My first priority is to boost my business of selling shoes in Huruma Mathare. I will increase my stock especially in this festive season and I therefore hope to get a lot of profit in return. The demand for shoes is high because of the high population providing a ready market for my business. Secondly, I did not complete my tailoring course. I will go back to school and finish, then I will buy a sewing machine and rent a stall in Kariobangi Market in Ruaraka constituency. Lastly, I will buy food for my family."
Raphael's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Raphael received a $196 initial payment.
"I will use part of my next transfer to clear my college fee and buy the remaining building materials which will be used in constructing my house back at home. Whatever is left after all these will be used to expand my current business by renting a shop and bringing in more products to maximize my profits."
Moses's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Moses received a $538 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in y daily life is the comfort and peace I have because I now have a decent spacious house. I now have peace and I'm proud I do not share the same sleeping room with the grown-up children, this has given us some privacy."
Pamela's family
access_time over 5 years ago
Pamela received a $249 second payment.
"In the next six months, I am not certain my daughter shall have joined high school then,but I am hopeful that this is the change I will see. Seeing her off in the morning and welcoming her back from school in the evening. It shall have changed my life as I will be able to work more harder and see that this comes to a reality."