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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
1686517 UGX ($444 USD)
access_time over 5 years ago
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Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
1754517 UGX ($461 USD)
access_time over 5 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
Plastering my house and sleeping on a new expensive matress and bed everyday makes me praise GD.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I felt like dying of happiness! The message came at about 5 a.m.
What did you spend your first transfer on?
I used my transfer to buy 2 trips of sand at 110000, bricks of 220000, a metalic door at 200000, am sinking a lot latrine at 160000, cement 180000, a bed 160000, matress 120,000, I also used the money to pay for labour, but for them good and other things, I was also sick and I used the same money for treatment at 100000,I hired ox plough at 50000 to prepare the field for growing sugarcane and maize.I also bought 2 pairs of bed sheets at 40000.
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access_time almost 6 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money means improving our home by renovating our house and providing a better life for our children by paying for them school fees.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the late afternoon when my children and husband are back home and we spend family time together.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship that I have faced in my life is the loss of my child who just died one week ago. He died because of poor health services in the Government hospital where he was being treated and yet we could not afford taking him to a private hospital.
