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.
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Evaline's family
access_time 9 years ago
Evaline enrolled.
"I have no money to buy a water tank."
Hellen's family
access_time 9 years ago
Hellen enrolled.
"My biggest hardship was when I lost two of my children one through ailing and another one through miscarriage it was a tough time to come into acceptance with"
Tom's family
access_time 9 years ago
Tom enrolled.
"I have no stable source of income and l am also widowed."
Daniel's family
access_time 9 years ago
Daniel enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that my wife is sick and getting cash to take her to the hospital is not easy as I am not able to raise the medical bills that may accumulate."
Elijah's family
access_time 9 years ago
Elijah enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is being able to build my own house as I did not have a house making me and my wife to use the house belonging to my late grandmother. Therefore being able to build a house is the achievement I am proudest of."
Mary's family
access_time 9 years ago
Mary enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is that my husband died and left me with young kids who I have struggled to see them get good education till secondary school."
Aska's family
access_time 9 years ago
Aska enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that we face in our life is that we do not have any form of employment and getting cash to buy food at times is a problem. At times I am forced to look for some casual work when our farmland that we solely depend on cannot provide foo"
Elizabeth's family
access_time 9 years ago
Elizabeth enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I face currently is that we are not financially stable hence its not easy to buy food and when someone falls ill in the family, getting cash for treatment is hard."
Quinter's family
access_time 9 years ago
Quinter enrolled.
"The biggest hardship was growing up with no one to support me or take care of my needs."
Penina's family
access_time 9 years ago
Penina enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is that l have been ailing a lot since my children died and left me with my grand children and no one to support us."