We check in with people at each stage of the cash transfer process to see how things are going. Take a look at some of their stories as they appear here in real-time.
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is the happiness I feel having enrolled my daughter in secondary school. Although I have always raised her fees through casual labor, this time I had no hope of getting money to take her for her senior one and so she would have dropped out of school had I not got his money.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment I received my money, I felt so happy having this amount of money that is unconditional.
What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent my first transfer Ugx 1350000 to buy some building materials such as timber, three trips of bricks, three trips of sand, and ten bags of cement.
I then used Ugx 200000 to renovate my grass thatched house that I am still using.
I spent the balance of my money to enroll my child in secondary school.
Enrolled
access_time almost 5 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
This money will help my family to build iron-roofed house. We are suffering alot sleeping in aleaking house with too much coldness. My family members will definitely thereafter start sleeping in better accommodation without coldness once I complete building iron-roofed house.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is evening hours. I relax after hard labour during day. This is a time I refresh my mind through playing with my children.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I face is some of my children are sickly hence too much money is spent on their treatment. I have failed to save money for building iron- roofed house as was the plan. This is making us continue suffering sleeping under coldness.
