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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
4664420 UGX ($1231 USD)
access_time 12 months ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
The recipient says he wants to have a farm and finish his house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
The recipient says GD gives cash and it helps more, GD should continue helping other poor people.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
The recipient is building a new house.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
2339550 UGX ($625 USD)
access_time 1 year ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was in the garden when I saw the message, I had given up hope of receiving the money since it had been long. I thanked Gid and give directly for fulfilling their promise. I thought about clearing my debts and paying my children's school fees.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I am now debt free, I purchased a bull so that I can have some investment because you can easily sell it off and do something better or buy more cattle.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought a bull, iron sheets, foodstuffs, fertilizer, paid off debts and paid my children's school fees.
Enrolled
access_time 2 years ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
Incase i get this cash transfer i hope to start a business of selling local alcohol i believe i can make good profit out of it ,to buy a peice of land where I will stay safely with my wife and shift because when it rains our children fall sick alot.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Am happy that in the last 6 months i was been able to harvest coffee , sold it and bought a cow .
This has brought me Joy because I know the cow will give birth and I will benefit from it.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Whenever it rains heavily the house becomes cold and water from underground , this makes the condition in the house unbearable . The children fall sick alot because of the coldness
