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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
477520 RWF ($409 USD)
access_time 1 year ago
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In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Everything that GD has done was good because it gave people what they needed such as food, payment of debts and loans, clothes, land,etc and there is nothing to change
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I want to have enough land to cultivate in order to get food we need at home
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought a cow for $250 because i thought that it will help in coming years in getting manure for my crops and getting money from milk. My house was leaking, so I had to buy new roofings for $150 for improving that house . I bought school uniform for my children and mattress for 42$ because their clothes were old and we needed mattress at home.
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access_time over 1 year ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My husband left me 6 years ago, It is not easy for me to fulfill all school requirements and equipments of $50 for my 3 children, I have to work hard in others farm for $1 per day in order to feed my family
What is the happiest part of your day?
Since my husband left me , I have never been happy. In the last 6 months none of my children has been sick
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
I will buy land to cultivate of $300, Livestocks of $200, renew my house with ¥150, paying health insurance of $12 and use the rest in paying schoolfees of my children, feeding my family and buying households utensils
