Summary (English)

Cash transfers are small amounts of money paid as a form of social assistance to poor and marginalised members of communities in the developing world, aiming to tackle poverty and inequality. There is much debate around the effectiveness of cash transfer programmes.

In a series of participatory workshops¿ run by PhotoVoice in Kenya and Mozambique, the Overseas Development Institute asked people in these two countries who receive cash transfers to share through photos and words how cash transfers have affected their lives.  This is the story of Katoo, who lives with her mother, brothers and sister in the village of Kwakavisi in Kenya. She is a beneficiary of the cash transfer programme for orphaned and vulnerable children. She feels that receiving the cash transfer payments improves her future opportunities, for her and her family.