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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
477520 RWF ($409 USD)
access_time over 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 finish improving my house by buying its doors so that i will live in a very good and safe house, and I want to have cow so that i will get manure to put in my land for getting better production in future
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GD has done miracles because in our sector and everything seems to be changed in people's life. Everything that GD has done was good
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I had a house which was about to fall down and I thought that I must do something about it, I bought roofings and trees in order to renovate that house that costs $200. I rented a land of $40 for cultivating cassava and I saved $100 in a saving group . I also bought mattress because i didn't have it before of $40
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access_time almost 2 years ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
As in my mind, I am thinking of having another wife, the first thing I have to do is to build a new house using $150. I will buy domestic animal as pigs of $50. I will buy matress of $30. I have solar energy but I didn't finish to pay, I owe them $31. I will pay them. Moreover, I got support of chickens for farming and I had to pay $48 to help government get other chickens to support other people. I will save the remaining amount to be used in the future to buy foods, clothes to look good.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The biggest thing which made me happy is that regardless of every challenge I met, the government of Rwanda continued to support me to the extent they have put me on a list of people who will receive cows to help me come out of poverty. I am grateful for that.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The main challenge is that I live alone. My wife left me four years ago. This hinders me from reaching to the development I want. I wish, I could get someone else to live with though we didn't divorce officially with my previous wife.
