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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
4664420 UGX ($1259 USD)
access_time 1 year ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I want to have built a house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
The way GD teaches is impressive.
Gd works well
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought land so that I can relocate to a safer place
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
2339550 UGX ($644 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 night and I was sleeping then I heard a message and it was mobile money. I felt so happy and immediately planned of buying a cow as I wait for the second transfer
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I feel a changed person as I now have some money on me and I have bought an additional cow for myself
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought a cow
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access_time almost 2 years ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
I am planning on buying a calf that i can graze and later when it grows it becomes my security in case of any emergency. Am planning on raising that cow to provide milk for my family consumptions that my children can be healthy. Such a breed of a cow goes for about $278.
Am also planning on buying land in kiholo Town Council which is safer as it is not affected by landslides and rock falls. Land in the council costs about $1388. On this land I will establish a house covered by 10 ironsheets of which each iron sheet is about $10. Incase of heavy brains, .y family can relocate to that house.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I am only appreciative that am alive and healthy. I have not been sick for the past six months the and I feel Hppy about that. Other than that there is nothing g that has happened that got me happy.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The challenge that i faced was when my garden in Shiyambi village was destroyed with the heVy rains in the month of November. The heavy rains destroyed my gardens and now do not enough food to eat. The garden had bananas and cassava that i had planfor about 6 months.
