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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
1652800 UGX ($453 USD)
access_time over 6 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent my send on hiring a garden land at 500,000 ugx that I will cultivate until that person gets back that money to me.
I also bought most building materials such as iron sheets, timber, cement, nails. Then paying and feeding labor that is constructing my house.
Lastly reserving the balance for daily consumption and emergencies
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, Give Directly has done well by helping me to at least be in position to build a permanent house, and giving me a position in the society as I can now relate with most people. I am no longer segregated
In my opinion otherwise, GiveDirectly has done nothing wrong.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life is different because I am going to have a house that I will sleep in with comfort than the one I am sleeping in now which licks. If I had never received the transfer, this would be an impossible thing.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
1719800 UGX ($473 USD)
access_time 7 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent my first transfer to buy a bed,mattress and iron sheets for roofing,bricks,plates and cups,I also bought for my family members clothes and then the remaining balance I have been using for feeding.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment when I recieved my money,I felt so happy and so excited.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that my feeding has improved,I can now afford all meals unlike before when I used to have only one meal and some times I would go hungry.
I sleep on a comfortable bed and mattress,previously I used to sleep uncomfortably on a mat placed on the floor and I would wish that the night becomes shorter because of the disconfort but now I feel like the night should get longer because of the comfort I have.
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access_time over 7 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship i face in life is sickness.My first born is always attacked by pneumonia and i use alot of money on treatment. This is making fail to buy even household items like mattress, bed for my family.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Talking and smiling with my children makes me happy.This is always during lunch hours,I really get relaxed.
What does receiving this money mean to you?
The most pressing issue that I will spent this transfers is to build permanent house. My grassthatched roof leaks alot whenever it rains and because of this ,my first born is always attacked by pneumonia and i spend alot of money on treatment,which I could use for feeding ,buying mattresses and bed for my family.
