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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
1660965 UGX ($451 USD)
access_time 5 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
First and fore most I am very happy that the cash transfer offloaded the school fess burden that I had on my shoulders. I was able to enrol my children into good schools. Secondly, my family is happy and less stressed because we have money to buy food and basic needs. Had I not received the cash transfers, my school going children would have stayed at home.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my own opinion GiveDirectly does well to send money to the poor without segregation. I can only say that GiveDirectly has done only good things for the poor.
What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent the cash transfer to purchase food stuff worth UGX750,000 and I spent UGX510,000 on making bricks. I have planned to pay my children's school fees with the balance of the cash transfer.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
1754517 UGX ($464 USD)
access_time over 5 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is happiness to handle such money to help me do what I want.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment I received my money, I was so happy.
What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent my first transfer to buy 20 bags of Groundnuts, paid school fees and household items such clothes.
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access_time over 5 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money means I will be in position to build an iron roofed house which will solve my housing problems
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is, in the afternoons when I have finished to get what my children will eat and more so when I have been paid for the work I have done
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I face is no source to continuously get mOney to finance my children's studies
