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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
477520 RWF ($426 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?
I hope to become a farmer (by growing crops and rearing of animals) in future and this will contribute to Good health of my family and lead to graduation from poverty.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Nothing is confusing for the whole process of GD activities, GD staff do everything better. But what makes me very happy is your model of giving money without strings attached and we use money according to our needs and wants.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have used my second transfer (LS2) for livestock ( pigs and does)Clothes for me and my family members, and food.
I have choosen to invest in livestock because it will help me to get fertiliser for growing crops and once we face any emergency which needs money we may sell a pig or goat to resolve it.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
329680 RWF ($300 USD)
access_time over 1 year ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
There was a rumor running around that everyone would be receiving the transfer that day. I woke up early and rushed to our commercial center where we were all waiting for the transfer. Our phones all rang at the same time and we were all happy and you could hear joyful screams and shouts. My husband and I safely withdrew the entirety of the money and we bought a pig, a sheep, a goat and some food. We went home very happy and started making plans for the rest of the money.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
There is a huge improvement on the way I used to live. I am now able to afford eating at least 2 times a day and mostly, we were able to buy some clothes. I used to have a cattle but I lost everything to a disease that was in our village. I had always dreamed of owning livestock again and I am happy that I am slowly but surely getting there.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
My family and I really needed some clothes and food. When we received the first transfer, we bought a pig worth 70 $, a sheep for 30 $, a goat for 50 $, paid off a 70 $ debt that I had, bought clothes worth 62 $ and used the rest of the transfer buy some food. I chose to spend most of my transfer into buying livestock because I hope from benefiting from the livestock that I bought.
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access_time over 1 year ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
We are planning to renovate our house to change the roof and add cement using $300. When you are a farmer, many times you need fertiliser in order to get enough harvest, we will buy 2 big pigs at $100. We do not have clothes to take to church , we will buy them of $100. We cook using clay pots, we will buy kitchen materials as sauce pans, plates, forks, cups and spoon of $100. We haven't joined any saving group because we could not afford to get money but for now, we are planning to save for the future using the remaining amount from this heavenly gift from GiveDirectly.
What is the happiest part of your day?
We couldn't be more happy than we ended the last year in good health. The other thing which is important is that we had a child who was pregnant and she was not well but when she went to give birth, she did not have any complications after giving birth
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The main challenge is poverty. We do not have enough land to do farming yet we are farmers and we have two children we take care of. The other challenge is that our children are grown up and need to develop themselves by creating their businesses but we cannot support them financially
