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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
4664420 UGX ($1244 USD)
access_time 1 year ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Hopes to take his children to good schools, and they learn English so that they can help him build his name
According to him, he regrets not studying
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Thanks GD for supporting him. He had never received Shs 7000000
He prays God blesses GD family to continue helping more
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Bought land in a relatively low land, cattle, and furniture for renovating the house
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
2339550 UGX ($635 USD)
access_time 1 year ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
Was at home grazing a bull, felt excited for getting money from GD, because he likes rearing cattle, and the transfer was not enough to get him land that he prefers buying, he decided to first invest in bulls so that money can increase
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Before transfer came through, he had a problem of school fees, uniform of his children, but all these have been sorted. Also,food was not enough but right now that there is every basic need for the family, and they feel happy for this
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Bought two bulls,paid school fees of his children, used some to pay labourers working on his house that had been partially destroyed by oozing water
Enrolled
access_time almost 2 years ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
Farming onions, buying and selling cows
What is the happiest part of your day?
Onion Garden is doing well
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
