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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
4664420 UGX ($1248 USD)
access_time 1 year ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I want to have opened my business
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GD staff don't ask for bribes.
Noting to improve.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought a cow as an asset to save my money
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
2339550 UGX ($631 USD)
access_time 1 year ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was work working on my compound.
I was very happy and I still am.
I thought about building a house because my current house is poor and fees for my son.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I no longer worry about food and can now farm better.
My family is now fine as we hope to relocate away from this risky.
I feel like I can start a business.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Iron sheets, nails and timber because I plan a build a house.
Enrolled
access_time almost 2 years ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
I am anxiously waiting for the transfer to come as I plan on restarting my retail kiosk business which had been closed during the lock-down in 2020. I used to transport materials like floor, cooking oil and cosmetics from mbale and sell in the nangako trading centre where we had set out some kiosks. During the lock down, I was not able to move to mbale to re-stock materials due to the hindrances in any movements by the government guidelines. So after this period I did not have capital to re-open again the business so I am planning on restarting the business after getting the transfer. This may cost me about $649 to restart this business again.
Am also planning on acquiring some land near the nanagko trading centre which may cost me about $833. Am interested on purchasing from nangako trading centre because it would be near my business and uts not affected by water. Am planning on constructing a three bedroom house costing about $555 that I can relocate to.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Am generally happy and appreciative to God that however much we never have enough food to eat but alteast we never sleep hungry. Also we thankful that we are both alive and not sick at all.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Currently, our main challenge is poverty where by we do not have enough money to make our lives better for example constructing a bigger house. Our house is really small and it's so uncomfortable since we end up sharing it with our chicken birds and the calf in the back room.
Also another challenge is the fast flowing water especially in the rainy season where water comes from up hill, and carries large sums of mud. This destroys the crops that we plant and this ends up leaving us with less food. When it comes to such month the like January where its dry, there is scarcity of food so it becomes hard to get full meals and we end up surviving on only one meal a day.
