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
Elizabeth
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that i have faced was dealing with the trauma of losing my seven year old child to an untimely and a very horrible death when unknown assailants broke into our house and hacked her to death. "
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6 years ago
Abernego
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that i have faced is not having a stable source of income that can enable me to provide for all of my family's basic needs. "
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6 years ago
George
enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is that through my motorcycle taxi business I have managed to build iron roof house."
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6 years ago
Josphine
enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is that I have a family and God has blessed me with children. "
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6 years ago
Hillary
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is when my wife fell sick last year(2017).She had a complication when she was three months pregnant.This happened after she fell down.I took her to several hospitals but she got worse every day.We were forced to terminate the pregnancy which was very sad for us.I had to close down my cereals business to cater for the hospital bill.This has affected us financially up to date."
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6 years ago
Jane
enrolled.
""The achievement i am proudest of is that, as casual labourer, i have managed to paying school Levy for my child who is in class two, i have managed to buy clothes for my children as well as other basic needs.""
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6 years ago
Cevin
enrolled.
""The biggest hardship i am facing in life is paying school fees for my children. As a teacher, it becomes difficult to pay school fees since the income is inadequate and there are other basic needs to be addressed.""
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6 years ago
Kesia
received a $479 third payment.
"I spent the larger part of my third transfer on cementing my house and now I have a peace of mind since I no longer have to worry of incuring frequent expenses of mantaining my previous mud house through smearing . I also bought a calf which I used to admire"
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6 years ago
Margaret
received a $479 third payment.
"I spent my third on building a pit latrine and paid school fees fo my child who is in high school . I also bought some building materials such as 40 pieces of iron sheets and a steel door which I am planning to use on the construction of my house."
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6 years ago
Meldah
received a $479 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on buying a she - cow and now it has already reproduced a young one which I have named GiveDirectly as a sign of a reminder on how GiveDirectly had changed my living standard unexpectedly . I also bought 12 pieces of iron sheets which I was planning to use on building a beatiful kitchen ."
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