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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
477520 RWF ($412 USD)
access_time 1 year ago
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What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought a land for $350 because I lived in a high risk zone because the rain could harm me and my family and I am planning to build a new house and relocate from that risky area. I also bought Roofings of $150 for building a new house.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I am moving from in risky zone because of what GD has done to me and I am thankful for that. Everything that GD has done was good and It should keep doing that
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I have bought Pigs and I hope that they will help me in my household development in coming years
Enrolled
access_time over 1 year ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
I am living in poverty for long time, I eat once a day and the food is not sufficient, I have to work hard in others farm for $1 per day in order to get food , My house is very old, my roof is destroyed, I have no bed, no matelas, no bed sheet, I don't sleeep well. I always cook in my room and that makes my house very dirty.
What is the happiest part of your day?
What makes me happy is that I didn't go to the dentist all last six months. My village leader give me a cow to herd in order to get compost.
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
First of all l will build a house of $400 in a non risk area because where I live there is always landslides, I will buy my own cow of $200 and use the rest in buying food, clothes, shoes, matelas, bed and bedsheet.
