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.
Jane's family
access_time 6 years ago
Jane received a $23 second payment.
"I expect my life to change in that my family will be feeding and clothing well."
Jane's family
access_time 6 years ago
Jane received a $5 initial payment.
"In the next six months I expect to have opened my boutique,plastered my house and bought a water tank. All these mean more comfort and more money."
Sarah's family
access_time 6 years ago
Sarah received a $5 initial payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have achieved my goals of repairing my floor and fencing my home so that it look decent."
Johnson's family
access_time 6 years ago
Johnson received a $448 second payment.
"My life is different than it would have been if i never received the money in that am happy and stress free because this money enabled me to acquire many things that i did not have."
Betty's family
access_time 6 years ago
Betty received a $466 initial payment.
"The moment i received my money,i felt happy and my health also improved instantly because I was on the sick bed when I received this transfer."
Mary's family
access_time 6 years ago
Mary received a $466 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that my hopes are very high that very soon I will be sleeping in iron roofed house which is under construction now,in my entire life I did not have any hope of building an iron roofed house because I did not have any source of income to give me an amount of money that can build a house. "
Surubaberi's family
access_time 6 years ago
Surubaberi received a $466 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my life is that i have an iron roofed house and there is comfort. I used to sleep uncomfortably because my house was leaking whenever it rains and my house would get so cold. My feeding right now is so good,I can afford a balanced diet and I don't skip meals,I used to stay hungry for a whole day because there was no money to buy food."
Charles's family
access_time 6 years ago
Charles received a $448 second payment.
"I am so happy that my life changed alot and there is a very big difference in my life compared to my life before. I would not have acquired the property and gardens that I own now. My life would have been too miserable and very hard indeed. However I am now very sure that the motorcycle I bought will generate income for the family."
Anna's family
access_time 6 years ago
Anna received a $448 second payment.
"My life is different than it would have been if i never received the transfer, i now have land to cultivate and my cow. Am happy, i cry no more but before i got money i used to work in people's gardens and they called me all names which made me cry some days. Am happy for this finacial support."
Kerestina's family
access_time 6 years ago
Kerestina received a $23 second payment.
"In the next six months, I expect my health status to have recovered fully. I expect to have an improvement in health due to the availability of finances to cater for my drugs."