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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
4664420 UGX ($1219 USD)
access_time 10 months ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I hope to expand the plot I have bought, and when my finances are also okay, I will construct next year.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly has done so well, to give me money, directly to the recipient , the process has enabled me decide and buy what I needed as a family. I commend the same process elsewhere.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have spent most of my transfer on buying a plot in a safe place.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
2339550 UGX ($619 USD)
access_time 12 months ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was in the trading center when the transfer message came through, I was very excited and I immediately thought of investing in cattle so that it can multiply and I buy a big piece of land.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I now feel able than before and more contented. Business wasn't doing well but now I have hope.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought two bulls and paid off my wife's medical debts.
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access_time over 1 year ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
I want to relocate to a flatter place away from the risk of the landslide forestance Bubutu where I can safely live with my family
What is the happiest part of your day?
The fact am alive with my family makes me happy.i thank God that I am able to provide from the little I have.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The challenges i am facing as a person is majorly landslides and water coming from the upper rock,this affe ts the crops we grow yet its our source of livelihood.
The rolling stones are also a danger to our crops and lives as sometimes the rolls kill and destroy households.The wild animals also encroach on the crops too and are a danger to life.
