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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 5 years ago
Sarah
received a $471 initial payment.
"My life's daily greatest difference is seeing my house when it's complete. This is so because it will relieve my family and I from the burden of buying grass every year and sleeping in a leaking house. "
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over 5 years ago
Esther
received a $453 second payment.
"Currently, I am very happy because I am in the process of starting to construct a permanent house that I did not imagine I would own. Earlier on, I used to worry a bout how to acquire grass for renovating houses that used to leak yearly."
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over 5 years ago
Charles
received a $471 initial payment.
"When I recieved my money, I felt happy at that moment knowing that at last I was getting back my land."
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over 5 years ago
Joyce
received a $453 second payment.
"My life is different now because I'm able to go back to school and pursue my Diploma course. When I complete my Diploma, I will be able to get employment and earn income that will cater for my basic needs. Prior getting this transfer, I did not have any hope of going back school and I would live a miserable life in the village."
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over 5 years ago
Esther
received a $471 initial payment.
"The biggest change in my daily life is that, I have constructed a pit latrine. Previously, I used to inconvenience my neighbors whenever I wanted to help myself and my children would just drop anywhere hence this was a health hazard both to my family and the community."
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over 5 years ago
Joyce
received a $471 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that, I have got back my four acres of land that I'am intending to cultivate in time, in so doing this will increase my yield production."
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over 5 years ago
Norah
received a $471 initial payment.
"My life is currently different because I have acquired Livestock like goats and sheep which I did not own before. I have also repossessed the land which I'm going to plant my cassava. In the post, I had no gardens to plant my crops."
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over 5 years ago
Stella
received a $471 initial payment.
"When I recieved my money, I felt excited and anxious. At the back of my mind, I knew that I am getting back my garden land that I had given out of which it will help in extensive farming."
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over 5 years ago
Joseph
received a $453 second payment.
"My life has changed in that I am happier because I am constructing an extension of my house such that my children will have a comfortable accommodation too. Previously, my children have been sleeping in a grass thatched house that had been giving me the burden of walking for long distances to look for grass in order to renovate it frequently."
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over 5 years ago
Anna
received a $453 second payment.
"This transfers have improved my life in that, I constructed a permanent house which I hope to sleep in very soon after finishing. The house I currently stay in is thatched and it has been costly for us to renovate it whenever it leaked."
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