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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
4664420 UGX ($1257 USD)
access_time over 1 year ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Plans to buy a cow graze it to grow, and thereafter, by next year, she buys another piece of land
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GD does well when it comes to helping the needy and those in extreme poverty
There is nothing that I recommend about betterment
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Bought land and now digging foundation for building a house. The remaining portion will be used to buy a cow for grazing
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
2339550 UGX ($641 USD)
access_time over 1 year ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was sleeping, and at midnight, the message popped up.
I felt so good, and I had the best night ever, and I began a new day in a mighty way.the first thought was to buy land since I survived to be washed by landslides.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I am happy, I have bought land and ironsheets, I didn't have a reasonable house and I was suffering with my children whenever it could rain because of the linking roof, I am hopeful I am going to be better with the cash received , I am a happy woman.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Spent most of the transfer on buying land and iron sheets.
Enrolled
access_time almost 2 years ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
I plant do businsss and relocte to a safer place where i can build a house with my husband.Here it floods when it rains.Volumes of water come dushing from up the hill.It becomes extremely cold when it rains.I am always scared that a landslide will wash me away with my family especially during the rainny season.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The seasonal coffee harvest brought me joy as i was able to buy some clothes for myself and my family.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The challengea an facing is sickness.I havent been able to help out my family.Poverty is another challenge.The house i am staying in licks so my family is not safe here.This place i stay was swept away by a landslide years ago and when it rains,i know i am always very scared.
