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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
4664420 UGX ($1220 USD)
access_time 10 months ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I WANT TO RARE A NUMBER OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS AND ALSO OWN LAND
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I DON'T SEE ANY FAULT IN GIVEDIRECTLY, I AM SATISFIED WITH YOUR SERVICES
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I BUILT A HOUSE BECAUSE I NEVER HAD ONE
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
2339550 UGX ($614 USD)
access_time 10 months ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was at home, and I felt so happy together with my husband. The first thing was to buy land
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Avery big difference now, I have a cow that we millk something we didn't have before. My family is extremely happy
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have spent most of it on livestock
Enrolled
access_time 2 years ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
We plan on buying a calf that we can raise which can cost $ 286 that we can raise. Also want to go for medication ( manuel) which will cost about $143. Also will look for some land to buy although am not sure now since we are old don't know where best to buy the land
What is the happiest part of your day?
Nothing only that we are alive.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Lack of enough food to feed the family. Also where I sleep the bedding are bad I easily get a cold in the night.
I also very bad when my two children died because of water. Meshach Simiyu died in May when he had gone to bath in maba water with his friends were he drowned in the water. Also my daughter Nalyaka Solome who was working in Kenya died in swamu water when she was crossing to go to work. I always feel very bad and triggered whenever I remember them.
I am also sick as my bones and my husband's bones are weak and they always hurt him so bad.
