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.
Maculaet's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Maculaet enrolled.
"The biggest hardship am facing is lack of enough farm land.My family members most times go to bed without food and this is affecting our health status. This is because, we do not have land to cultivate crops that can sustain us."
Lazarus's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Lazarus received a $469 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is peace of mind, since i nolonger have to worry a lot about how to provide for my family."
Grace's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Grace enrolled.
"Receiving this money means i will be able to build an iron roofed house, imrove on my agricultural productivity. "
Rose's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Rose enrolled.
"Receiving this money means i will be able to buy oxen so i can plough and harvest what to eat."
John's family
access_time over 7 years ago
John enrolled.
"Receiving this money means i plan to build ironroofed house. The grassthatched roofed house i currently sleep is leaking and when it rains my family sleeps in coldness. They also end up getting nymonia which is costly to treat."
Tabisa's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Tabisa enrolled.
"Receiving this money means i will be able to treat myself. Am having typhoid and ulcers that are weakening me every day, even i can not do work for long and this is causing poverty in my family. "
Micheal's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Micheal enrolled.
"Receiving this money means i will be in position to buy cows that can produce and multiply. This shall also give me milk to be taken by my family thus improving their diet."
Judith's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Judith received a $482 third payment.
"The last transfer came in while I had started building my house so I used it to continue building paid up the builders and bought some cement to continue with building, then after a week of receiving the transfer my grandmother died so we used part of the money to help in funeral arrangements."
Alice's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Alice received a $465 third payment.
"I spent part of my third transfer buying furniture for my living room,before I only had one chair. The remaining amount I spent on starting a kiosk business in near my home. With the business I am able to take care of my family and sustain myself."
Liner's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Liner received a $465 third payment.
"First we used the transfer to help my husband pay my dowry then we built a house, the one we used to live was small and was almost falling off the rest of the money we used in our daily needs."