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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
477520 RWF ($421 USD)
access_time over 1 year ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Mu myaka iza nibona nzaba narageze ku iterambere, ntuye heza mu nzu nziza kuko ndi mu nzira yo kuyigeraho mbikesha GiveDirectly. Ikindi nzaba ndi umworozi ntunze amatungo kuko ayo mfite azaba yarorotse.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly yadufashe neza kuva mu ntangiriro, batubaruye neza, batuganiriza neza yewe n'amafaranga atugeraho neza ntakibazo. Ubutaha rero bibaye byiza inkunga ntiyazajya ihagararira ku cyiciro cya kabiri.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Aho inkunga yambere ingereyeho, yasanze mfite umushinga wo kubaka indi nzu kuko iyo dutuyemo yangiritse bigaragara, amafaranga yambere nahise nihutira gusizisha ikibanza bimpagarara 25,000 Rwf (25$), ndangije ngura n'amabati ya 135,000 Rwf (135$), nishyura na mutuelle ya 18,000 Rwf, ndangije ngura n'isafuriya hamwe na matelas bintwara 46,000 Rwf (46$), asigaye mpahamo ibyo kurya. Amafaranga ya kabiri yo angezeho, nongereye amabati ngura andi ya 50,000 Rwf (50$), ngura n'ingurube ya 80,000 Rwf (80$) hamwe n'inyana ya 150,000 Rwf (150$), ngura n'imyenda ya 26,000 Rwf (26$), asigaye ndi gukomeza kuyakoresha mu iterambere ryanjye harimo no kuguramo ibidutunga.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
329680 RWF ($299 USD)
access_time over 1 year ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
It was in the morning around 8am and I was farming sweet potatoes. I was full of joy and smiles. I immediately went to our house to share the news with my husband . The first thing I thought was that finally we received the money and we are about to live a good life.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
We are now a happy family before we were living in a bad house but now with the financial support, we were able to renovate the whole roof and walls of our house. I was able to buy food and clothes for my family. Without the donation we couldn't be able to do all the things .I thank Givedirectly for coming in our village my life is better now.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Most of the money was spent on buying new tiles to put on the roof, the total cost of the tiles was 170k.
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access_time almost 2 years ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
We will buy a cow of $150, we will renew our house with $ 300, we will buy matelas of $100, livestocks (pig and chickens) of $100 and use the rest buying food, clothes and shoes
What is the happiest part of your day?
We feel secured in our village, and because It was time for harvest, we get enough food at home, my daughter gave birth in 6 months ago and all has done well, her and the baby are fine
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
It is hard to get money at home, we have to work hard in others farm for $0.8 per day, Feeding my family is hard because our land is infertile
