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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
4664420 UGX ($1196 USD)
access_time 2 months ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Recipient wishes to concentrate on agriculture and household income development
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
All is well
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Renovating the house
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
2339550 UGX ($615 USD)
access_time 5 months ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The recipient was home from the garden, she was filled with joy and went to withdraw the money.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The recipient says she can now afford school fees and food for her family.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
The recipient bought a cow, land and paid school fees.
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access_time 1 year ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
We are planning on first buying a piece of land in Bwakoko which is relatively flat and has no severe occurances of landslides. This will ensure us safety incase the rainy season comes and ensure that we can always have some extra food planted other the one we have iplaned in our small plot of land. We are planning on buying land of about $555.
We are alsonplanning on buying another cow at $ 278 that I will raise and in future provide for me milk. Am planning on buying a female breed which can produce milk that I can sell and excess give to my family to take. I would feel happy if my children also took some milk tea.
What is the happiest part of your day?
We are glad and happy that we are all alive and no one has fallen sick for the last six months. Great health leaves us comfortable and thus happy.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The challenge that we are facing is the constant water that comes and floods our compound and sometimes enter into the house. The water can easily flood our house when it heavily rains. We are always worried especially when it starts to rain.
