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.
Muhamed's family
access_time 6 years ago
Muhamed received a $453 second payment.
"My life is different than it would have been if i never received the money because i live at peace with wife and we are happy unlike before when we used to quarrel because i was not meeting her needs."
Sunan's family
access_time 6 years ago
Sunan enrolled.
"The biggest hardship i am faced with is famine. Many times I have tried to cultivate but water consumes the plants. No yields can be harvested."
Vicent's family
access_time 6 years ago
Vicent enrolled.
"The biggest hardship i am faced with is inadequacy of farm land."
Hellen's family
access_time 6 years ago
Hellen enrolled.
"Receiving this money means i Will be able to retrive the piece of land that i had leased, improve on my farming activity."
Grace's family
access_time 6 years ago
Grace enrolled.
"Receiving this money means i Will be able to pay school fees for my children, complete the payment of the piece of land that i had started, buy a cow."
Alfred's family
access_time 6 years ago
Alfred enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is finding means to support my dad and self during dry seasons since I depend on farming which I venture in only during rainy seasons. "
Magaret's family
access_time 6 years ago
Magaret enrolled.
"I don't have any achievement I can say I am proud of since I haven't yet made any progress towards improving our living standard and securing our future interms of food and children's education. "
Julia's family
access_time 6 years ago
Julia enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is in my farming which though is subsistent, seasonally provides food for my family atleast for some time before we run out of food. "
Mary's family
access_time 6 years ago
Mary enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that I became number one in my class 8 exams at Nyabeda primary and joined Sega girls where I also performed well in my exams. This made me proud as I managed to get some sponsors who paid for my education due to the fact that I was the only girl who performed well."
Beatrice's family
access_time 6 years ago
Beatrice enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is that there is a time my husband lost his job and I managed to support him financially by buying iron sheets that we used to build our first house through cash that I got from doing casual labor."