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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.
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5 years ago
Mercy
received a $22 twentieth payment.
"In the next six months, it is my expectation that I will have completed the new house I am planning to construct and my children will be enjoying the comfort of a free space where they can comfortably study in and later their sleeping place too."
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5 years ago
Sally
received a $22 twentieth payment.
"Although I have a lot of expectations, some seem to be far fetched. in the next six months, I have great hope that I will have accomplished the reestablishment of the poultry project and on the other side improved my farming since the two projects will soon be running simultaneously."
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5 years ago
Mercy
received a $22 twentieth payment.
"I expect to have improved my life by buying sheep. I want to save money every month. I will rear the sheep and allow it to multiply. I hope to use this investment to start a shop business. In really looking forward to a better life in the future."
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5 years ago
Mercy
received a $22 twentieth payment.
"I expect to have completed my home improvement. I will have plastered the floor of the main house. I will also have bought a dairy cow. I will sell the two that I have, on this project I will not have to use the transfers . The transfers will help me to establish a fodder crop for my livestock. I will spend the money on growing Napier grass to ensure that I can feed my cattle sufficiently. In the next six months, I will have half an acre farm of Napier grass and other fodder crops."
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5 years ago
Helida
received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"In the next six months l expect to have done the memorial service and focused on other development and become stress free."
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5 years ago
George
received a $22 eighteenth payment.
"In the next six months l expect to have completed building my spacious iron roofed house and staying in it. I will move out of my grass-thatched leaking house and I will be the happiest and very proud person in the village."
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5 years ago
Jane
received a $22 fourteenth payment.
"In the next six months l expect to have managed to build for my son a house and staying in it comfortably. He will no longer go to the neighbour anymore."
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5 years ago
Sarah
received a $467 initial payment.
"The moment I received my money, I was overwhelmed by joy because I had got money to help me off set my children school fees."
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5 years ago
Esther
received a $467 initial payment.
"My life has changed in that, I have acquired new clothes and a mattress that have made me very happy because previously I had very few clothes and an old mattress that was uncomfortable to sleep on. Secondly, I am very hopeful to go back to school because I have saved a large portion of my transfer for under taking a course of my chioce next year's in take. Before receiving this transfer, I had completed the my Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) around 2017 but I had lacked funds to proceed with my education."
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5 years ago
Grace
received a $467 initial payment.
"My primary 6 daughter had our neighbours ululaleting at around 6:00 AM and she came to me asking for my phone, after her cross checking she informed me that I had got my money too. I was very happy to have received the money because I knew it was going to help me with my son's education."
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