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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
4664420 UGX ($1187 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 want to buy enough land so that i am able to grow enough crops for my family
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
She said that she is content with the services
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I am going to buy land because i sleep in a very risky area
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
2339550 UGX ($616 USD)
access_time 12 months ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
Sh was at home, and she felt over joyed. she said that she didn't want to waste her money, so the first thing she thought of was how to best use her transfer
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
she feels happy because she was able to start a business
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
She stocked beans to start a new business
Enrolled
access_time almost 2 years ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
When I receive the cash transfer, I will sit down with my husband and plan for it accordingly because for now we are not sure if we shall get that transfer, it actually a dream to us.
However I may buy a cow so that my children can be taking milk, I will also pay school for the whole year and use the rest of the money to buy land .I am not sure of the prices yet.
For now am praying so hard that it comes to reality and I receive the money then we shall see what to do with it.
What is the happiest part of your day?
What has brought joy in the last 6 months is that i and my family are healthy and my children are going to school though I have not paid their school fees.
Another thing that has brought joy in my life is that my husband is very loving and caring man,he tries his best to provide for us and makes sure we are smiling and happy.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The challenges I am currently facing are,poverty which has made everything had forexample children have started school but we have not paid any single coin for them and this worries me alot because I am not even sure when I will get money to pay for their school fees.
Another challenge I am facing is drought, evrything i planted didn't grow, my cabbages in the next garden there have all died up from the garden. It's true when it rains we have landslides but atleast during rainy season we have plenty and enough food for our children,no one starves.
