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.
Josaphat's family
access_time 6 years ago
Josaphat enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is purchase of carpentry tools. This has enabled me to secure some casual work that need related skills hence forming my main source of income."
Lilian's family
access_time 6 years ago
Lilian enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I am facing in life is unreliable source of income to provide for my family. Sometimes we lack food to eat and this makes us go on empty stomach rendering us economically unproductive."
Jane's family
access_time 6 years ago
Jane enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of in my life is having reared a flock of goats which gave me a sense of pride among my siblings"
Charles's family
access_time 6 years ago
Charles enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life, is being homeless since I did not have a house at home and I had to rent a house for three consecutive years despite the fact that I had unpredictable source of income."
Pamellah's family
access_time 6 years ago
Pamellah enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that i have faced was having to deal with the pain of losing all of my four children who died as a result of being diagnosed with sickle cell anemia.It was so painful to bury one after the other simply because i didn't have sufficient income to treat their delicate sickness."
Rachael's family
access_time 6 years ago
Rachael enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that i have faced was learning how to adopt to living in the village after the death of my husband.This was because we had been living in the urban centre for a very long time with him as the primary caregiver, but when he died,everything changed and i had to start all over with nothing back in the village."
Seline's family
access_time 6 years ago
Seline enrolled.
"The achievement that i am proud of is having been able to start my small business of selling fish because the profit has made it easy for me to attend to most of my needs like feeding,clothing and even buying a few livestock of my own to keep."
Elizabeth's family
access_time 6 years ago
Elizabeth received a $469 initial payment.
"The moment i recieved my money, i felt joy and happiness."
James's family
access_time 6 years ago
James received a $5 initial payment.
"My new goals is that I am planning to start rearing chicken and selling them. I expect to make profit out of this business. As a result of this, I will be able to have a stable income."
Beatrice's family
access_time 6 years ago
Beatrice received a $496 third payment.
"I spent my last transfer to buy dairy cow to save me in future from spending money to buy milk from neighbors but to sell it to them. The remaining balance l spent to build a kitchen for me to have a place where l can cook."