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Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
329680 RWF
access_time over 1 year ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was home when I heard it from my neighbors and because I don't know how to use my phone. I asked my child to help me to check if the money arrived on the momo account. I was happy and at moment I was hoping to change my life.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I thank immensely Givedirectly for the donation, I was able to improve my standards of living and now I am able to buy food for my family.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Most of the money was spent on renovating the house , the reason why is that I was living in a house that was in a bad condition.
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access_time over 1 year ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
The first installment i will build a new house because the one i currently live in is very old , I am also planning to buy clothes , food and pay for workers to work for in my land.
In the second installment I am planning to buy livestocks, I will buy a pig for $100 and a goat for $40 to give me fertiliser and i will also pay for medical insurance and the balance i will save it and use it in the future.
Receiving this money will help me take a break and pay workers to cultivate my land and this will help me get a stable and healthy life.
What is the happiest part of your day?
Reaching this age alive safe and sound itself is a miracle for me , I am currently not lacking what to eat because i have my children to support me whenever I need . Another happy memory I recently had is that in these past days my daughter Anne marie sent me $8 to buy a small pig and i was really happy because i no longer have energy to work for any money.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The greatest challenge I have is not being able to reach the hospital easily, we don't have access to roads and the hospital is located very far from where I live and it becomes difficult for me as I am getting older , i have little energy left to walk that whole distance.
I am not even capable of working to get money to use and the small land I have doesn't produce enough for me to eat and my grandson, I have to ask some support from my children. I live with my grandson who also have eye sickness as me and it is not easy for us to go to the hospital to get treatment.
