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.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that I can now afford food for my family without much hustle. Before getting this money, I had a business of buying and selling fresh cassava and potatoes to support my family since I had left my mechanical work to safeguard mylife (there was a convy trying to kill me given my super experience at work and lots of customers).
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I felt happy the moment I received my money. This is because at last I would pay up my fees debt.
What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent my first transfer to book forty pieces of iron sheets at Ugx 1160000.
I then paid up a debt of Ugx 300000 that so had borrowed to pay my fees.
I lastly used my balance of the money to cater for a few family needs like feeding.
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What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving tho money means I will be able to complete the construction process in my house. When it is complete, it become a very conducive place to stay in. Currently, I am staying in a house that I not plastered and this makes it very cold and children often fall sick due to the cold.
I will then be able to complete marrying my spouse. In our culture, a man is expected to give an agreed number of cows and goats to the girls family as an appreciation. I had earlier on given part of it and that is not earning me enough respect from my in laws.
What is the happiest part of your day?
He happiest part of my day is at around 2:00pm after eating lunch. I am happy because it finds me when I have eaten lunch and strong enough to carry on with other daily tasks like going back to the garden in the afternoon.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I face in my life is lack of enough land in order to cultiVTe enough food crops for the household to sell as well as eat some. The shortage of land has made my household vulnerable because I can not raise enough food that I can sell part of it in order to raise money which could support me cater for other household needs.
