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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
4664420 UGX ($1202 USD)
access_time 8 months ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
we want to put up a business so that we are able to survive
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I'm contended with GiveDirectly services
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
we bought a cow because we needed to take milk
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
2339550 UGX ($614 USD)
access_time 10 months ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I HAD GONE TO FETCH FIREWOOD FROM THE BUSH, I FELT SO HAPPY BECAUSE I WAS ASSURED OF GOING TO SCHOOL AND NEVER GOING HUNGRY AGAIN
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
WE ARE NOT SLEEPING ON EMPTY STOMACHS AGAIN, CLEARED PENDING FEES AT SCHOOL
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I AM GOING TO BUY A COW BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE TAKING MILK
Enrolled
access_time almost 2 years ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
This money means alot to me,its just a blessing, i will call it "MIRACLE MONEY? When I get the cash transfer, i plan to pay my school fees for the whole year which is 120 dollars and pay for my siblings 83 dollars for the whole year so that i can be relived somehow.
I also plan to buy a cow of worth 500 dollars that it will be giving me milk to sell to be able to provide the basics at home.
Then the remaining money about 731 dollars i will save it and may be invest some cash in some other things that will give profits in the long run,this is because I am a student and still want to study so the best I can do is to save it for my future studies and my siblings as well.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I thank God i have life, i also feel happy seeing my siblings growing under my supervision. And i am happy that at least we are able to go to school and study despite the challenges.
Then what has also brought joy in my life is that me and my siblings are healthy,we rarely fall sick.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The challenges i am currently facing are first of all school fees,getting school fees for myself and my other 2 siblings are a big problem, it is by God's mercy that my 5 maternal aunties contribute to rise 40 dollars for my school fees per term and 13 dollars for each of my sisters since our mother is mentally hill and our father doesn't care about us for the last many years ago.
The other challenge i am facing is hunger, since i am now the brend winner of the home and i don't work,the fact thst i am a student,we sometimes sleep without food.If we don't find food in the garden then we go to school on empty stomach. Our father doesn't care about us at all,he married another woman and that's where he lives he barely comes to check us. Even as I speak now,I have no idea on what we are going to eat for dinner.
