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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
4664420 UGX ($1289 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?
Buying more land an settle there away from landslides
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Appreciate that GD is doing so well to help people out of landslides prone areas
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Renovated house, bought a piece of land and a piece
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
2339550 UGX ($638 USD)
access_time over 1 year ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
Felt happy and life became better immediately
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Feels comfortable knowing I have what to eat, my house is being finished and I have bought a cow for my self
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Bought a cow and roofed the house
Enrolled
access_time 2 years ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
I PLAN ON BUYING ONION SEEDS WHICH COST $80 AND FERTILISER AT $529 I WILL PLANT AND SUSTAIN MY HOME, I ALSO PLAN ON BUYING A COW AT $529 WHICH WILL PROVIDE MILK FOR CONSUMPTION AND SELL THE REST SO AS I CAN RAISE SCHOOL FEES FOR MY CHILD. I WILL ALSO BUY A KNAPSACK-SPRAYER AT $142 FOR SPRAYING AGAINST PESTICIDES, I WILL ALSO USE THE REST OF THE MONEY FOR OTHER EMERGENCIES FOR SICKNESS AND OTHER BASIC EXPENSES
What is the happiest part of your day?
I HARVESTED COFFEE SEEDS WHICH I SOLD, I USED THE MONEY TO SUSTAIN MY HOME BY BUYING FOOD AND OTHER BASIC NEEDS
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
WHENEVER IT RAINS MY FAMILY AND I FALL SICK BECAUSE OF THE COLDNESS AND I AM UNABLE TO GET MEDICATION SINCE I DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY
