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.
Alice's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Alice enrolled.
"Receiving this money means i will be able to buy a piece of land to farm in. "
Emasiyat's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Emasiyat enrolled.
"Receiving this money means i will be able to buy oxen to open up fields for agricultural purposes and build an iron roofed house. "
Alex's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Alex enrolled.
"The biggest hardship i face is lack of money for buying motorcycle that can ease my movements, as am business minded. This makes it hard for me to reach further places to buy and also take to sell my beans in the near by town of sironko."
Harriet's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Harriet enrolled.
"The biggest hardship i face is lack of money for purchasing mattresses and plastering my house ,so some times i fear my house wall shall collapse and the family may lack where to sleep."
David's family
access_time over 7 years ago
David enrolled.
"Receiving this money means i will be able to buy oxen and ox-plough. My household shall be in position to cultivate large quantities of crops.The harvest realized will be sold to maintain my family liveihood and feeding."
Betty's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Betty enrolled.
"The biggest hardship which is challenging me is, i don't have ox-plough for ploughing and some time, I get challages of school fees for my children. "
Samuel's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Samuel enrolled.
"The biggest hardship which i faced was the death of my father . When he passed away in 2016 , I dropped out of school up to now I have not completed my course. "
Ismael's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Ismael received a $466 third payment.
"When I received my third transfer, I had a child in secondary school who suffered a lot from lack of school fee and could spend most of his time out of school in search of school of school. I therefore paid the child some school fee. Secondly, I purchased a cow to help me save a portion of the transfer that should I experience any financial crises, I would find somewhere to place my hopes. Lastly, I gave my spouse a total of 10000 KES to purchase some household items that we lacked most in the house. An example was a bed and a mattress, kitchenware and some clothes for the family."
Phoebe's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Phoebe received a $463 third payment.
"I used a portion of my third transfer to buy 30 bags of cement and sand which I have used to cement my new house that I built with my second transfer, I paid laborers who cemented my house. The remaining amount, I spent to pay school fees for my child who is in high school because I had fee arrears."
Mary's family
access_time over 7 years ago
Mary received a $463 third payment.
"I used a portion of my third transfer on cement and sand which I intend to use in cementing my house which I built with the second transfer, paid laborers who are plastering my house. The remaining amount, I spent to restock my welding workshop because it is our only source of income."