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 the overwhelming feeling of delight as I see that soon, I will be able to build my house and it will relieve me from the burden of buying and looking for the already expensive and scarce grass.
In addition to this, I am happy that getting this money has enabled me to pay up all the debts that I had accumulated and I am now debt free.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment I received my money, I felt so happy that I had got money at last as I had not got money with the first lot.
What did you spend your first transfer on?
Since I had aready baked my bricks, I spent my first transfer Ugx 1260000 to buy some building materials such as cement, sand, aggregate that I plan to use to start building.
I then paid up some debt a that has accumulated in hospital after treating my such children.
I aslo used part to cater for some family needs such as food, and others small items.
I have my husband some money to cater for his needs.
I am saving up some money that I plan to use to start the consruction work.
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What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money means will be able to build an iron roofed house.
The grassthatched house that I have is hard to maintain the fact that grass is so scarce these days.
I always longed to build an iron roofed house but I did not have the capacity.
I believe this money will make it possible for me to build one.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I am happiest in the evening when my husband and I spent the day peacefully.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship that I am faced with is inadequacy of farm land.
I hire land for cultivation but which is expensive.
I am not able to cultivate as I would if I had enough piece of land.
As such, I do not get enough yields the fact that some times weather conditions also dictate on the quality and quantity of the harvest.
Whatever I am able to harvest has to be devided in such a way that food, education needs, treatment needs are met.
Hiring a garden for the next season also has to be taken care of in the previous harvest.
In most case, food shortage is the result.
