We check in with people at each stage of the cash transfer process to see how things are going. Take a look at some of their stories as they appear here in real-time.
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
Previously, I could not afford to plaster the house. I also a debt burden that accrued as a result of my illness. I was able to pay off that loan and I feel peaceful. I am very glad that I will be in position to renovate the house and beautify it. The other significant change is that I acquired house hold items such as a comfortable mattress and basic necessities.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I read the mobile money message early in the morning. I felt very happy because I had no other financial support. This was a miracle.
What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent part of the cash transfer to pay a debt worth UGX 240000. I bought two trips of sand worth UGX 240000 and 18 bags of cement worth UGX 450000. I spent UGX 266000. I gave a friend UGX 100000. The balance was spent on buying a mattress worth UGX 110000 and bedsheets worth UGX 15000. I bought food and paid the builders with the rest of the cash transfer.
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What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money will enable me to pay off the lease amount for my land that I mortgaged. I mortgaged my land because I fell sick and I did not have money, I got money for paying medical bills. When I pay the lease amount, I will be able to cultivate crops which I will eat and sell part of it on order to acquire what I do not have.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest of my day is in the evening when I have gone out to socialize. This is the time when I interact so much with friends and it's a place where new ideas and born. I am staying a lone and most of the time I do not have some one to interact with. Meeting friends therefore makes me happy.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I face in my life is that, the house I sleep on is dusty. It makes me fall sick now and then due to the dusty condition. Frequent sickness has reduced my immunity and weakend me to the extent that I am not strong enough to dig and earn a living from it. That has made me very vulnerable and helpless because when it's the rainy season, you are sick and hence you lack food because you did not cultivate.
