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.
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6 years ago
Patrick
enrolled.
"The achievement I am most proud of is the bumper harvest that I got last year from my farm which made me feed my family with ease and sold the surplus and bought one cow and two goats."
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6 years ago
Roseline
enrolled.
"My greatest achievement I am most proud of is joining mondo tek women group in 2016. Through saving in the group,I was able to buy one goat,Television and chairs."
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6 years ago
Kefa
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face in my life is lack of beddings (such as mattress and blankets) as I sleep in the cold during chilly nights."
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6 years ago
Hillary
received a $22 initial payment.
"The new goal that I have is to start a hardware business of house construction materials. This is my specialty. My profession is masonry. I will be able to generate an income from the business and I will run it well because I understand the field quite well."
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6 years ago
Roseline
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship am facing is feeding the family owing to the poor harvest and dry season that we are currently facing."
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6 years ago
Salome
enrolled.
"My biggest hardship in life is the ill mental health of my husband that leaves the whole responsibility of the family on my head."
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6 years ago
William
received a $22 initial payment.
"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that, I will have built my house ( simba) hence having all the freedon since currently, I stay at my grandmother's place which is uncomfortable especially whenever she has a lot of visitors."
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6 years ago
Lilian
enrolled.
"My proudest achievement is having cultivated maize/corn in my farm and after selling the harvest I was able to buy iron roofing sheets which I used to replace my previous grass thatched roof."
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6 years ago
Rosemary
received a $470 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on 2 bulls to support land preparation
and hopefully increased food production at family level. I also bought a heifer that we hope will provide our milk in the near future and save us from buying all the time."
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6 years ago
Jane
received a $22 initial payment.
"My life is currently different than it was previously. I am happy because I can even get a loan with assurance that I will pay it without fail. The transfers have given me the freedom and assurance to repay should I need a loan."
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