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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
4664420 UGX ($1231 USD)
access_time 11 months ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I bought land for farming
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly has enabled me to achieve what i could not achieve on my own such as buying a cow , land , roofings. i have bought trees for constructing a house. Thank you so much.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
A cow
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
2339550 UGX ($624 USD)
access_time 1 year ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was at home transplanting my onions, I felt so happy and my first thought was to buy a plot of land.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
There is a big change now.. we are happy as family, we have a plot of land bought, and I now have a big bull that I did have before
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent most of it on buying land
Enrolled
access_time almost 2 years ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
I plan to buy a bull of USD 526 which I will keep for 1 years and earn me USD 1052.
I opt to buy a plot of land worthy USD 1315 in Kikololo on which I will build a house when I sell a bull after 1 year so that my people can stay safe without any worries.
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the last three months, I felt very happy when I harvested coffee which enabled me to raise money and acquired some basic needs like food and paying for health bills.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
I currently face a problem of poverty which doesn't enable me to meet all basic needs and paying school fees for my people.
I also suffer a problem of landslide which has destroyed has always destroyed my crops leaving my people without food. We are staying with lots of fears that landslides will kill us any time.
