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.
Jotham's family
access_time 6 years ago
Jotham enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is loosing both parents in 1986. Since then life became so unbearable and the memory of them have never disappeared."
Victor's family
access_time 6 years ago
Victor enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is the far I have studied upto this point that I am almost through with my secondary education."
Prisca's family
access_time 6 years ago
Prisca enrolled.
"My proudest achievement was the construction of this iron roofed house we live in. I had a grass thatched house that was heavily leaking and was almost collapsing before my church did a fundraiser to help me construct my current house. "
Millicent's family
access_time 6 years ago
Millicent enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is in raising school fees to ensure my children and grandchild go to school regularly since my spouse and I are low income earners. I have a daughter in university and another in medical college, and a granddaughter in secondary school form two. "
Anastasia's family
access_time 6 years ago
Anastasia enrolled.
"My biggest hardship is managing pressure and diebetis ailments that I suffer from. Due to my dependence on relatives for support, I cannot meet the expensive medications for my ailments. "
Pamela's family
access_time 6 years ago
Pamela enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is buying three goats from the sale of sweet potatoes and profit from the kiosks i own."
Jane's family
access_time 6 years ago
Jane enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that when I got married I managed to get a job as a house help where I worked for a period of three years. During that period I saved enough cash that enabled me to buy a piece of land where I built my own house. "
James's family
access_time 6 years ago
James enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is that I managed to learn how to do welding job way back in 2003 when I was still living in Nairobi city. The knowledge I gained during that time is still with me and the good thing about it is that I can work anywhere as opposed to subsistence farming which I can only do when I am here at my rural home."
Gabriel's family
access_time 6 years ago
Gabriel enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is my barber shop business that was operational until recently when it collapsed. I trained on how to be a good barber at a tender of around eleven years. The barber shop business has been my Primary source of income all through. "
Patrisia's family
access_time 6 years ago
Patrisia enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is sickness which has made me unable to perform my household chores properly."