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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
1660965 UGX ($453 USD)
access_time over 5 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
My second transfer was spent to buy a cow, and mortgaged cultivation land from someone in the village.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly has done well giving us money that has enabled acquire livestock, households items like mattress and clothes, build iron sheet roofed houses; and I can't identity anything it hasn't done well.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Life is different than it would have been because I am very happy that this money has enabled me afford a cow and household items that I never would have in a life time. There's no way the above items would have come to my home without GiveDirectly, and I am very happy.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
1754517 UGX ($470 USD)
access_time almost 6 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I have spent my first transfer on Build materials ( cement,iron sheets,timber) at 1,000,000ugx, household goods mattress at 110,000ugx,curtains at 12,000ugx,utensils at 36,000ugx,food at 40,000ugx, labour 202,000ugx and the balance 300,000ugx.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment I received my money,I felt happy.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in daily life is that, I'm happy that I'm going sleep in clean proper plastered house not again in dusty house.
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access_time almost 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My biggest hardship is lack of agricultural land and re siding in a non plastered floor.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is when I spend time relaxing with no busy schedule.
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money means purchasing a plot of land since I currently own one where I stay.I also want to buy beddings and possibly a cow for milk purposes
