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 delight I feel for having managed to get back my farm land that I had given out in exchange for money to treat my husband at the time he had critically fallen ill and the only source of income we had then was hiring out the farm land. Getting this farm land will now help me to cultivate at an extensive level and beat the famine that almost struck when we had less land to cultivate on.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
"Laughing" the moment I received my money , I felt so happy and delighted. I had got money to off set some financial needs.
What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent my first transfer to get back my farm land at Ugx 500000.
I then bought some house hold items such at two mattress, three pairs of bed sheets, Utensils, clothing, and stocking food stuffs. This almost totals to 600000
I paid up a debt of Ugx 500000.
I am still using the balance to buy some miscellaneous items.
Enrolled
access_time almost 5 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money means that I will be able to buy land. I sold two acres of farm land to raise money for treating my spouse. This has limited the quantity and quality of crop produce realised in my household since I cultivate only one garden each year. My household members therefore are facing poverty as aresult. Iam failiing even to provide basic needs like proper feeding and health care due to high level poverty. Givedirectly transfers will enable me buy another land to cultivate and plant hence this may lead to increase in crop production. There will be enough food to sustain the needs of my family members.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of the day is afternoon hours. I complete my domestic work ,then after lunch visit neighbours for a chat. We discuss development ideas and this has helped in proper management of the family needs.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I face is lack of enough farm land. This has resulted into low crop production and is casusing serious poverty levels in my household.
