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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
4664420 UGX ($1201 USD)
access_time 9 months ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I am planning to construct a house in a plot I have bought with givedirectly cash and relocate my family.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I appreciate their process of doing and carrying out their work. Receiving cash and deciding to buy land was awesome , I highly recommend the same to be used elsewhere.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have spent most of the cash on buying a plot of land in a safe place
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
2339550 UGX ($619 USD)
access_time 12 months ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The recipient says she was at home, she was so happy, and she thought of buying a cow.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The recipient eats enough food and she takes milk.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
The recipient bought a cow and calf, a bed and food.
Enrolled
access_time over 1 year ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
We are planning on constructing a bigger house of 30 sheets, which will cost us about $555. This house is slanting to one side, and we are always worried that when the rains come, this house may fall on us.
We are also planning on buying one cow that we can raise get milk in the future so that my children can take some milk and improve their nutrition. We are planning on purchasing one of $416 that is of great breed.
My husband knows how to treat animals. So he will buy some drugs , store them and use them in future for treatment. This will give him some source of income in the future.
What is the happiest part of your day?
What has brought me the greatest joy was when I gave birth to my baby girl a month ago. She is called Nandutu Deborah Marion. She Brought me joy since I gave birth to her at home with the help of my mother in law. I could not manage to slope down hill to walk upto the hospital so I decided to just give birth to her at home. Her safe delivery and seeing her grow with Co complications mKes me happy.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My greatest challenge is lack of enough money to take my sickly child to the hospital. My son Kibili Jackob was diagnosed with pneumonia and am constantly going back and forth to the hospital to ensure he keeps on with the medication. We always go to Bududa main hospital, which is very fur, and I usually never have the money to go here.
