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.
Thomas's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Thomas received a $540 initial payment.
"The moment I received the money I felt so good and started planning on what to purchase since I did not know that I would get such a lumpsum amount of money which I could freely use without repaying."
Bern's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Bern received a $540 initial payment.
"The moment I received the money I felt very happy and at peace because I knew that I will be able to take care of my needs."
Velma's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Velma received a $540 initial payment.
"The moment I received the money I felt very happy because I knew that I will be able to take care of my needs like building a house."
Mark's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Mark received a $540 initial payment.
"I felt so jubilated when I got the money."
Dennis's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Dennis received a $22 eighth payment.
"In the next six month, I will be done with my training hence will use my monthly transfer in an income generating activity. I expect my life to be better than today since will have more income."
Recho's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Recho received a $540 initial payment.
"The moment I got my payment from GD, I felt so happy as i had never gotten such amount of money before."
Callyters's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Callyters received a $540 initial payment.
"I received the money when I was away from home,so I was forced to abandon what I was doing and rush back home to share the grear news with my wife."
Wesley's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Wesley received a $540 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my life is that now I have a television. For so long, my children have been asking me to buy a television in our home. My children use to go to my neighbors home to watch cartoon programmes, and other children programmes. Now am happy to see my children happy watching at the comfort of our living room."
Josphine's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Josphine enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced was early this year when I reduced my stock because my daughter was joining form one, coupled with post election problems that affected most families that depend on market sales, we had to close shops or made very low sales hence terrible decline financially."
Willis's family
access_time over 6 years ago
Willis enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced is unemployment that has seen me decide to start the noble makuti business because anytime I got employed it was a casual job that could not allow me to save or offer my family a descent life. "