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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
1686517 UGX ($452 USD)
access_time over 5 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life is different now in that the motorcycle that I bought earns me daily income where as in the past my life was really wanting. I did not have any income generating venture. Had I not received the cash transfer, I would be living a miserable life.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, GiveDirectly does well to send the poor people cash transfers.
On the otherhand I do not see anything wrong with how GiveDirectly operates.
What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent all my second transfer of UGX 1,600,000 to purchase a motorcycle.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
1754517 UGX ($459 USD)
access_time over 5 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that, now I'm happy that I own a bull which will help me to farm in time.Secondly when my goats multiple (add in number), I can sell and be in position to support my family.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment I received my money,I became very happy because there was no way I would have gotten that money.
What did you spend your first transfer on?
I have spent my first transfer to purchase 1 bull at 820,000ugx ,labour for paying the person who brought the bull 10,000ugx,rented 2 garden at 200,000ugx,making bricks at 130,000ugx,household goods (mattress) at 110,000ugx and clothes at 100,000,bought 2 goats at 146,000ugx,food (cassava flour at 20,000ugx and saved 164,000ugx
Enrolled
access_time almost 6 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money means I will be in position to rent farming land to do more modernized farming so as to support my family
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the afternoons when I am close to my wife and family members or when I have bought what to eat
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I face is lacking of enough money to sustain my family in terms of food and medication
