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.
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6 years ago
Kawala
received a $440 second payment.
"I now have a home I can sleep without any disturbance. "
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6 years ago
Muledhu
received a $459 initial payment.
"My future is now good because of the garage "
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6 years ago
George
received a $459 initial payment.
"I was very poor but now life is good."
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6 years ago
Anna
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I will be able to buy a piece of land that I can farm in."
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6 years ago
Mark
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is that I lack a proper source of income to provide for my family."
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6 years ago
Calvin
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is finding roofing material (grass).
The cost of acquiring grass has gone so high and yet I can not afford.
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6 years ago
Jenifer
enrolled.
"My plan is to use the transfers for building ironroofed house. The costs involved in maitianing grassthatched house are to high since thatch is hard to get, so this money will help me raise permanent house ."
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6 years ago
Augustine
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means i will build a permanent house for my family."
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6 years ago
Mary
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is inadequacy of land."
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6 years ago
Ann
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face is is lack of enough money for educating my children. "
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