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 overwhelming happiness that I feel within me is the biggest difference in my daily life. This is because I was able to get money that I did not hope to get and later bought metallic doors and windows for my house. This has helped me to reduce on the issue of theft of my property. Before getting this money, yes! I had shatters (wooden) but people would always break in my house one way or the other and and up taking my property.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment I received my money, I felt happy that I had got money to support my family needs.
What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent my first transfer to buy a metallic door, two windows, cement and sand that I plan to use to renovate my house though I have already replaced the shatters.
I also bought two goats at Ugx 170000.
I then bought some household items such as two mattresses, bed sheets, and a bed at Ugx 300000.
I am saving up the balance of my money to hire farm land that I will cultivate on.
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What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money means I will be able to buy a piece of land that I can cultivate, buy household items.
I also hope to buy a goat that will reproduce and support me in the future incase there are any eventualities.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I am happiest in the evening when I am seated with my neighbours.
They give me company.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of money to buy the things I would love to have.
This land that I stay in was given to me by my father when I returned from marriage.
However, it is too small to accommodate the need. Only a home compound fits in and yet there is need to cultivate in order to get food.
I have always wished for an oppotunity to buy land yet I have never had the chance. There is no money.
I have sometimes tried to borrow from relatives but what I am given is not always enough for me to cultivate as much as I would want.
Food shortage has alwaysbeen the result.
