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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
1685137 UGX ($441 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 biggest differing our lives with my husband is that we now sleep in an iron roofed and cemented house of our own.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give Directly is one I the few people who promise and they deliver
I now believe in them
What did you spend your second transfer on?
Recipient used the money to build a house
Bought bricks @ 240,000
Cement 2 bags @ 60,000
Sand 1 trip @ 70,000
Household items worth 190,000
And used the balance for home support.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
1754517 UGX ($468 USD)
access_time 6 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The difference is that am not now of bad life than before GD coming in to support me.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was very happy when I received the transfer because I was lacking many needs that am attain using the transfer.
What did you spend your first transfer on?
I bought 2 mattress at 250000/=, 2 bed 200000/=, 3000 Bricks at 240000/=, 5 bags of cement 172500/=, 2 blankets 120000/=, 2 pairs 110000/=, 2 trips of sand and labor 150000/=, Builder took 120000,2 shirts 14000/=,2 trousers 20000/=,Radio 25000/=,2 socipan 50000/=, solar 15000/=,repairing a bicycle 40000/=,maize 40000 totalling to 1566500 and planing how to use the balance.
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access_time over 6 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money will help us improve on our house because it is not cemented and also buying some cows so that we can get milk in the future.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is day time because this is when I see my neighbours and we converse.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I have faced is providing food since we are old and can not cultivate enough food and also falling sick most of the time because of old age.
