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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
4664420 UGX ($1195 USD)
access_time 2 months ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I hope to own my place for business in the centre rather than renting ,
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Firstly, I thank you givedirectly for the good work
My prayer is that my children should work with givedirectly because it's a guininue organisation
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have spent most of it on agriculture and business
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
2339550 UGX ($615 USD)
access_time 6 months ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
Cash message got me in town and I had of joy in my heart, the first thought was to pay school fees for the children .
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I am now going to be a landlord to the place of where I do business from. I will not be paying rent.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have spent most of it on school fees.
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access_time 1 year ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
Receiving this money means improving my living conditions, with this money I plan on buying a cow at $405 this will provide milk for sell and home consumption which will provide proteins hence good health, I shall use its manure which is a rich fertiliser. In addition I shall buy coffee seeds, beans, maize seeds and fertilisers at $322, this I know will grow and have good harvest, in this I shall sell and earn money and use it to support our daily lives. I intend to start up a retail shop selling soap, sugar and other basic items in Shibanga trading centre at $940 I intend to use its profits for emergency purposes. I shall also purchase new clothes, beddings at $81 so as I can survive the cold nights. My children have been constantly been chased for school fees, I shall therefore use $81 to pay the school debts and save $54
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the last six months, what I consider have brought happiness in my life was when I harvested my coffee beans in September 2022 which I sold and earned I earned high profits
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
What a life! I really work hard but do not gain much this because I sometimes have the seeds but no fertilisers and I end up having poor yields, I got a loan from SACCO which I used to buy seeds and fertilisers and as the crops were flourishing flash floods washed them away this frustrated me, SACCO took my assets which they sold to make up for their money. I ended up making a loss , I therefore consider financial constraints as my biggest challenge.
