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.
Catherine's family
access_time 6 years ago
Catherine enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life, is being unable to educate my children since I only depended on small business and subsistence farming which is not well rewarding at times."
Steven's family
access_time 6 years ago
Steven enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life, was difficulty in paying my secondary school fee. I could occasionally be sent home for fee. I often took weeks before resuming classes, thus my secondary education was not an easy venture."
Christine's family
access_time 6 years ago
Christine enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is that I used to be a vegetable farmer and through it I managed to buy part of my household furniture making my house to be a bit comfortable."
Johana's family
access_time 6 years ago
Johana enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is that I used to be a dairy farmer and I managed to have three cows which used to supply my family with milk and some I sold at our local market."
Lyjenely's family
access_time 6 years ago
Lyjenely enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face in my life is that my income is very low and I have a large family depending on me for food and other basic needs like education which I have to cater for."
Jackline's family
access_time 6 years ago
Jackline enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is that I was able to build a kitchen using part of my savings that I received from our table-banking scheme in the village. "
George's family
access_time 6 years ago
George enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is that I was able to build my own house using cash I had saved while doing casual labour. This makes me happy because my family has a place they call home."
Joseph's family
access_time 6 years ago
Joseph enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is doing crop farming.I planted maize seeds years ago in my farm and did so well.This was then translated to good cash and took my child back to school after dropping out for almost one year.He is currently in school and hoping to complete by December 2018."
Auma's family
access_time 6 years ago
Auma enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I have is lack of adequate income to pay my school fees and for our upkeep at home. "
Alice's family
access_time 6 years ago
Alice enrolled.
"The biggest hardship i have ever faced is back in 2017 when there was drought, we lacked food and we slept on an empty stomach for 3days.Bring food to the table for my family has been my biggest hardship. "