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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
1685137 UGX ($451 USD)
access_time 6 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I now have a modern kitchen, my feeding has changed, i feed well as opposed to those days before connecting with GD, I would have probably died by now but I access medical care because I got the money.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give Directly does everything well, I have not seem anything bad.
GD gave me free money, am now able to take tea with sugar, i can eat meat and i now have some clothes bought with the funds received from GD.
What did you spend your second transfer on?
I bought a mattress at 120,000 Ugsh, a solar kit at 260,000 Ugsh, I also bought a blanket at 30,000 Ugsh, a door for my house at 140,000, about 400,000 Ugsh is going to be used for constructing my kitchen, the balance of 680,000 Ugsh is for my treatment and feeding since am very old.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
1754517 UGX ($473 USD)
access_time over 6 years ago
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access_time over 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Poverty is is the biggest hardship i have faced in my life.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Receiving money makes me happy because i can buy anything i want, like meet, clothes, arc.
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receibing this money to me, means that I can have a chance to buy whatever I need in my life.
