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.
Joshua's family
access_time 6 years ago
Joshua enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life, was walking long distance to a day school, a situation that generally affected my KCSE performance because I was always late to class."
Peninah's family
access_time 6 years ago
Peninah enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life, was the difficulty in raising and educating my children single handedly after the demise of my husband who was the sole bread winner in my family."
Josephine's family
access_time 6 years ago
Josephine received a $473 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on paying school for my son who is in secondary school,this enabled me reduce the balance and allow him be in school. I also bought seeds for planting to get good produce."
Alice's family
access_time 6 years ago
Alice enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced is the collapse of my small business that ventured into general wares.Since its collapse,providing food for my family has not been easy especially during drought like now."
Dorcus's family
access_time 6 years ago
Dorcus enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is growing up as an orphan.Realising my dreams became so difficult because I had to do all manner of casual jobs to cater for my needs. "
Rose's family
access_time 6 years ago
Rose enrolled.
"The achievement that am most proud of is the purchase of poshomill that currently generates an income range of kshs 600 to kshs1000 per day. I had to sacrifice some of my needs and save the little earnings from cereals business and my husband had to do the same from motorcycle taxi business to raise the capital for the poshomill.Today,we are most proud because the fruits of our sacrifice and hardwork can be seen."
Victor's family
access_time 6 years ago
Victor enrolled.
"When I dropped out of high school in the year 2014, my dream of joining the Kenya Army faded. Since we rely mainly on income from the sale of some of the crops, we suffered a blow when maize lethal necrosis destroyed our maize. I was not able to proceed with my srudies because my parents could not afford to pay may school fees - that was the biggest hardship I have faced in my life."
Wesley's family
access_time 6 years ago
Wesley enrolled.
"In the year 2005, I suffered from a strange spinal ailment that lasted for about two years. I visited varied hospitals including Tenwek, Kaplong and Litein. Accordingly, I had to sell almost all my belongings including the only cow I had purchased to settle the ballooning bills. Luckily I was successfully treated and healed, though I was left with almost no belongings or food for my family."
Christine's family
access_time 6 years ago
Christine received a $473 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on plastering my house,because I did not want to smear anymore.I even bought my children new clothes."
Angeline's family
access_time 6 years ago
Angeline enrolled.
"The achievement that I am proudest of is chicken farming. I have 5 chicken that provide me with around 10 eggs every week that I sell at ksh 10 each. The income that I get from the eggs goes along way in making sure that my family is well taken care of in terms of basic needs like having enough enough food to feed my children."