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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
1686517 UGX ($447 USD)
access_time 6 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
The difference is that am now able to pay school fees for children.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Giving us money to develop our lives.
What did you spend your second transfer on?
Am planning to complete my house using 600000/= and paying school fees for children using 800000/= and 200000/= for feeding.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
1754517 UGX ($461 USD)
access_time 6 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The big difference is that am now able to build a big house than the one I have been staying in.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
Give Directly has helped us get of poverty as the result of the money given to us.
What did you spend your first transfer on?
I bought bricks 400000/=, Iron sheets 360000/=, Clothes 140000/=, Timbers 400000/=, Mattress 120000/=, 100000/= was given to someone, Radio 20000/= Totaling to 1540000/= and the balance is used for feeding.
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access_time over 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The hardship i have faced in my life is when I lost my father and I had no money to go for his burial because my husband was fur away from home.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is the time when i pick the phone and I call my husband and I he tells that he is fine.
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money to me means that I will be able to transform my standards of living, paying school fees for my children and investing in agriculture.
