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 own an ox. I hope to buy another with the last transfer which will now enable me cultivate my farm land cheaply and on time. In the past, I used to cultivate late since no one was interested in giving me their oxen before they finish ploughing their own farm land. This consequently made the sun to scorch my crops hence low yields which brought about food shortage in my home.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
My heart was filled with joy when I received the money. This was the first time for me to receive such an amount of money at once.
What did you spend your first transfer on?
I have used my first transfer to buy an ox and household items like utensils, beddings and clothes.
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What does receiving this money mean to you?
When I receive this money, I will buy some piece of land for agriculture. We don't have enough agricultural land and this has affected our harvests. I will also buy oxen and an ox-plough to help in ploughing the fields. We are just hiring ploughing services at a cost so if we get ours, it will be efficient and help cut cost that would be used in hiring the ox-plough.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the afternoon after lunch when we are sitted together as a family and already had a meal.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I have faced is lack of land for agriculture which makes us sometimes to go and do casual labouring inorder to get money. But if we had our own land, we would work on our own.
