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Mukamana's family
Mukamana
landscapeCountry:
rwanda
workOccupation:
Other
faceAge:
27
workCampaign
Rwanda Large Transfer
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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
477520 RWF
access_time over 1 year ago
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What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have spent my transfer on rearing of animals (livestock pigs and goats)
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Givedirectly do everything well especially for caring to the recipients. Keep it up
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I have chosen to rear pigs and goats with the target of reaching to my dreams of becoming a big farmer. This will help my household to find fertiliser to be used so that we become rich and graduate from poverty
 
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What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
I am not capable of working on my own because I am Albino and this is a great challenge for me. I currently receive support from the government, i receive $8 per month and when that amount ends early than the end of the month i have to seek support from my family and neighbours. I didn't get a chance to know both of parents growing up i was raised by my grandfather who passed away 5 years ago after that my maternal aunt raised me and she also passed away 2 years ago; I had to live by my own; I had arm injury when i started living alone and couldn't do anything i tried to get treatment but nothing was healing and making it better but as days go by it is healing little by little using medicine prescribed which I have to get from the hospital every month. Another challenge I currently face is when i sit with others, I see people staring at me , asking themselves about the way I look and I do wonder why as well but I have made peace with it and tried to accept the reality.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Being alive today is a great miracle for me. after losing all people that were raising me and having this arm injury i didn't think I will make it in life but seeing that I am still breathing itself brings happiness to me. When i see people to chat with i feel joy in my heart because i don't get that opportunity alot. I don't go out alot or even when I do i just see people judging and discouraging me a lot. But when i get to see children and young people coming to visit me or when we have a meeting in our village and interact with other people I do feel that i am not alone and have a sense of living again.
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
In the first installment I am planning to buy a sewing machine which will cost me $300 , i studied sewing 2 year ago but i didn't get an opportunity to put it in practice because i didn't have money to buy that machine, I will also buy chitenge fabric to sell as we don't have any shop in our village that sell them and i will also be using them sewing and the balance I plan to rent a place to work in. The second installment I am planning to go into saving groups and I want to buy livestocks , I want to buy 50 chicken for $110 , I plan that they will produce chicks and eggs to sell and to eat as well, the balance I want to buy a land because i want to start cultivating vegetables. Receiving this money is a dream for me because it will be the first time receiving that amount of money and I will no longer be beging , i will be able to get what I need for myself and I will no longer be lonely because i will be busy working using the machine and I will no longer be thinking about my disability and my Future. I have my brother Jean De Dieu who is getting treatment he is also Albino as me , this money will give me an opportunity to help him and he will also get out of poverty and be able to build a life of his own .