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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
1685137 UGX ($440 USD)
access_time 6 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Life is good and confirtable. We worry less these days.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Giving us money without paying them back. Thats the best i have ever seen. Nothing wrong has been seen with GD.
What did you spend your second transfer on?
We have bought better food and clothes. We even completed the house. Thanks to GD.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
1754517 UGX ($468 USD)
access_time 6 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The difference is that am able to feeding myself well and am now healthy than before GD giving me support.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I felt happy because of getting money I had never received in myself.
What did you spend your first transfer on?
I used the transfer to buy clothes at 60000/=, 2000 bricks 200000, 12 iron sheets 264000/=, Aggregate 60000/=, vet-lets 7000/=, 3 bags of cement 105000/= and am planning to buy timbers and doors and also labor.
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access_time over 6 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money to me means becoming independent. I and my husband will be able to construct our own house and stop renting.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is when I and all my household members have lunch together.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is stress and psychological torture. This came about due to the death of my second born child on Sunday last week. He passed on due to malaria sickness.
