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.
"We have been surviving on a meager income but we have still managed to live normal lives."
Hellen's family
access_time 9 years ago
Hellen enrolled.
"My proudest achievement was when my hairdressing business was doing fine that I could be able to put meals on the table but ever since thieves broke and stole my things I came down"
Tom's family
access_time 9 years ago
Tom enrolled.
"I have been successful at farming and I am good at coordinating in community activities."
Daniel's family
access_time 9 years ago
Daniel enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is being able to take my grandson to school even though I face financial difficulties."
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 biggest hardship that I face in my life is that I have a big farmland and am not able to till the whole of it myself and to make it worse, hiring a mechanical plough is expensive and I cannot afford. I highly depend on my farm for food and if I am not"
Aska's family
access_time 9 years ago
Aska enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is that when I had two kids, we used to stay in a grass thatched house but when some assistance from well-wishers came, we were able to build a house that has iron sheet roof."
Elizabeth's family
access_time 9 years ago
Elizabeth enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is that last year we had a good harvest as we got two bags of harvest from our farm which was one bag of maize and one bag of wheat."
Quinter's family
access_time 9 years ago
Quinter enrolled.
"The proudest achievement is owning the small house that we have"
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."