We check in with people at each stage of the cash transfer process to see how things are going. Take a look at some of their stories as they appear here in real-time.
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
My life is better now because I have got money for buying building materials and making bricks for constructing a permanent house. Though I am still sleeping in a leaking thatched house. Secondly, I have bought food dishes for parking food while going to visit my child whose in boarding section unlike before, when I borrowed neighbour's dishes.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I felt great the moment I received the transfer because I was going to acquire what I never had before like a mattress and bed sheets.
What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent my first transfer for paying labourers who are making my bricks worth UGX 200,000, bought medicine for treating Livestock worth UGX 258,000 and purchased household goods ( 1 pair of bed sheets, mattress and utensils) worth UGX 242,000. I have not yet spent UGX 1,000,000 but I plan to use it for buying building materials.
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What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money means that I will be able to build iron-roofed house for my family. I stay in acracked grass thatched house and nights seems longer since it's walls may fall any time. Givedirectly transfers will enable me build astrong iron-roofed house for better accommodation. My family members will no longer have sleepless nights. Their lives will also be out of danger.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of the day is evening hours. Iam so much stressed since I have no better source of earning. Iam only able to chat development ideas with my children when we settle in the evening. The love and togetherness realised at this moments keeps me happy.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I face is lack of enough farm land. I completely depend on crop farming however due to limited land, my house realises very little produce hence food shortage.
