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.
Leonora's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Leonora received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to construct a house for my son."
Mary's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Mary received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to use my upcoming lump-sum payment to buy 3 cows, pay secondary school fees for my two children, lease a piece of land and plaster my house."
Mary's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Mary received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to spend my upcoming lumpsum payment on building an iron roofed house."
Millicent's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Millicent received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to use my upcoming lump-sum payment to build a bigger house and buy chairs."
Jacinter's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Jacinter received a $99 initial payment.
"We are planning to construct a new and bigger house."
Caroline's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Caroline received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to plaster my house and pay school fees for my children with my upcoming lump-sum payment."
Beatrice's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Beatrice enrolled.
"The biggest hardship I'm facing is on making ends meet and on paying school fees for my children. I'm also sickly and in some cases not able to go to the farm which is my only source of livelihood. "
Francis's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Francis enrolled.
"The biggest hardship is on paying school fees my children in primary school, two of them will be joining secondary school next year meaning more fees will be needed but my income cannot sustain that."
Philip's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Philip enrolled.
"The achievement I'm proudest of is having been able to educate my eldest daughter through secondary school and she is now waiting to join college having passed with a C-."
Daniel's family
access_time over 8 years ago
Daniel enrolled.
"My proudest achievement was when I saved some cash from farming and bought one cow and three sheeps,the sheeps have since multiplied and are five in number."