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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
1662250 UGX ($450 USD)
access_time almost 5 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I am currently debt free and staying with my wife happily without any pressures from either her parents or herself. Prior to getting this transfer my plan to pay off my marriage debt was to bake bricks and sell them off. Now, I will use the bricks to build.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly has done well by helping me with money that has helped my to off set the marriage debt that I had.
In my opinion GiveDirectly has done everything well and there is nothing bad that it has done.
What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent my second transfer to buy a cow at Ugx 800000.
Then I used Ugx 800000 to pay up a debt of my marriage.
I used the balance to buy source and food.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
1730250 UGX ($469 USD)
access_time 5 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
My life has changed because I have acquired what I never had before in my house like a mattress and chairs. My children are now sleeping very well compared to before when they slept on hard mats.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment I got money, I felt very happy to hold such an amount of money which I had never held in my entire life.
What did you spend your first transfer on?
I bought building materials ( 2 trips of bricks and iron sheets) worth UGX 930,000, purchased clothing/ household goods (mattress, 4 chairs, table, shoes, utensils, bed sheets) worth UGX 400,000, paid for labour worth UGX 300,000, transport worth UGX 10,000, bought livestock (piglet) worth UGX 50,000 and food worth UGX 20,000.
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access_time over 5 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money means I will be able to buy oxen that will support in farming and build an iron roofed house.
A grass thatched house is hard to maintain these days the fact that grass is scarce.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I am happiest in the noon time when my family has had a meal on time.
It is a sign that I was able to provide.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of oxen.
I have never had the chance to buy because I don't have money.
As a result, I use a small hoe most of the time.
I can only plant less due to limitations of labour.
It is one reason that brings about food shortage in my household.
