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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
1662250 UGX ($450 USD)
access_time almost 5 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
This financial help has changed my life greatly because it has enabled me to acquire land that I will relocate to and start an independent life. I have been staying in the same home as my brother given that I am a single mother (three children) that never got married and it has always been difficult to stay in the same place. This is because there is no proper place to cultivate and one has to always bare a lot of insults.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly has done well by uplifting me from the low level life I was living to higher one. This is through the transfer that I got.
There is nothing bad that GiveDirectly has done.
What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent my second transfer Ugx 1000000 to add up with the first transfer to buy land that I will soon relocate to.
I then spent some to cater for some household needs such as feeding, medication, and clothing.
I am saving up Ugx 400000 that I plan to use part to buy a bicycle.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
1730250 UGX ($468 USD)
access_time 5 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
My life is better because I managed to access better treatment since I have back pain problem. Secondly, soon I will be owning my a plot of land and start my own home. Before this cash transfer, I could not access better treatment and I experienced a lot of challenges in my brother's home.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment I received money, I felt very happy because I had never got luck to hold such an a mount of money in my life.
What did you spend your first transfer on?
I paid off medical bills worth UGX 100,000 and there is balance 1,600,000 which I'm planning to spend on purchasing a plot of land.
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access_time over 5 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Iam a single mother of four boys and one girl but desperately in need of land to settle them since the clan has denied me access for my fathers share. I do not have land to even cultivate and any time they may chase us. Givedirecltly programme, is dream chance to me and the entire family since Iam going to spend this money for buying land for settlement. This will be the end of stress and beginin of New chapter in my life.
What is the happiest part of your day?
My best moments is always evening hours. I listen to a radio music from radio stations and this has been so helpful in my life. This gives me hope for next day.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I face is sickness. Iam surving and living with dislocation around my waste which does not permite me to carry heavy work. Iam forced to endure working in such condition since I have no one to assist. My family is living under serious poverty levels with small out puts of crops I get from cultivation.
