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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
4664420 UGX ($1245 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 and sell my cows to buy a motorcycle.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Everything you do is good and we are happy.
I understood everything
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought cows so as to have an asset for the future, iron sheets to build a better house and solar so as to have light and charge my phone.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
2339550 UGX ($631 USD)
access_time 1 year ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was home grazing my calf , I felt so happy. I first thought of buying a cow
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
We were living in poverty, now we can buy whatever we want to eat, my family is happy and we also have milk for breakfast. Thank you so much Give directly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I first bought a cow milk for milk ,this has always been my desire.
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access_time almost 2 years ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
We are planning on buying a cow which is worth $555 that we can raise and it avails us with milk to drink. The remaining milk we shall sell it in the market as we cannot consume all the milk as a family. The cow that am plNning kn buying can avail us with about 15 litres of milk. We could sell the milk at 7dollars. If we keep this money coming in every day, it can be able to sustain us.
The remaining money of $1389, I will invest it into my charcoal business so that I can now buy more and seelll to more customers to gain some good money.
What is the happiest part of your day?
What has brought me great joy is watching my daughter Kibone Naume grow up as she is now 8 months old. She has been a healthy baby and has not disturbed me while she is growing so I feel happy about her well being.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The greatest challenge that we are now currently facing is poverty as we do not have enough money to buy food and all the necessary facilities at home like medicines. Even now we wanted our son brahim to go and start nursery school but we do not have money as yet to cater for his school fees.
