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.
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Daniel's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Daniel enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is inadequacy of money to meet the needs of my family."
Marita's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Marita enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of money to facilitate the needs of my family. "
James's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
James enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron roofed house, buy a cow that can reproduce and take care of future eventualities. "
Esta's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Esta enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face currently is lack of enough money to enable me sort some issues like buying land ,food and other items."
Hellen's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Hellen enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I will be able to meet the scholastic needs of my children. "
Margret's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Margret enrolled.
"Receiving this money mean I shall be in position to pay school fees and providing basic needs to my children studying in zula primary school."
Agiripina's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Agiripina enrolled.
"My plan is to build ironroofed house with the transfers."
Joseph's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Joseph received a $22 twelfth payment.
"I expect that in the next six months, I will be able to pay school fees more comfartable without having to overwork myself. I expect to have more than one source of income so that I am able to take of my family better."
Emmanuel's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Emmanuel enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I faced in life was lack of stable source of income. This was as a result of not having a stable job due to low level of education. My life has been a hustle and I engaged in all sorts of casual jobs such as selling water using a handcart, fish mongering, selling scrapes and burning charcoal. I struggled all along until I started a welding shop that has changed my life a bit."
Collins's family
access_time almost 6 years ago
Collins received a $523 second payment.
"My life is different because I managed to build a new home because the casual labor that I used to do could not have raised money to build a new home. I was also able to formalize my marriage by paying her bride prize without wish she would still be nagging me or she would have abandoned me like my first wife that left me for nonpayment of her dowry. I managed to reclaim my motorbike that was seized by Kenya Women microfinance that had taken it because i had defaulted loan payment."