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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
1449800 UGX ($401 USD)
access_time almost 7 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent my third transfer on food, school fees and a cow. I used my third transfer to buy food because I was lacking what to eat at home. I also bought a cow for milk; and paid school fees for my children.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer because I now have a mobile phone, plot of land, and a cow which I didn't have before receiving the transfer. I also feed much better than it was before receiving the transfer.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, GiveDirectly does well to stand with the promise of giving us money as it was communicated from the beginning of the program.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
1519800 UGX ($419 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
Well, a cow, iron sheets, building materials, solar panel, and clothes! I used my second fransfer these items because I needed them most and I am living a better life now.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
Being able to have collar power at home and having my own cow at home is the biggest difference in my life. I used my transfer to buy a solar panel for light and a cow as my way of saving my money because I hope to sell it later and get more money out of it. I am happy.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
405775 UGX ($117 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent my first transfer on buying buliding materials like 15 ironsheets, bricks and also mattress, bedsheets,clothes because I hate this old house which might fall down anytime incase strong wind comes.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
Am planning to spend my upcoming transfer on buliding a new house however much I have some Iron sheets that I have bought but other buliding materials missing.
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access_time over 7 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend the cash transfer on constructing iron roofed house for my family.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
I did buy a cow and reared it for some good time,after i sold it and bought a plot of land that i plant some crops.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship i have ever faced in my life is having a leaking iron roofed house that disorganises us with my husband and grandchild whenever it rains.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I am always happy during afternoon hours especially having finished with the day's garden work.
