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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
4664420 UGX ($1250 USD)
access_time 1 year ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I want to have started a chicken business
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
You've worked well to enable us relocate.
You've performed well
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought land because i want to relocate
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
2339550 UGX ($644 USD)
access_time 1 year ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
Was sleeping, wife woke him up saying, message alert has been heard, they checked and it's transfer message, very alot of joy and didn't sleep the whole night, first thought of buying bulls for rearing, as they plan to relocate
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The family is had no cattle but right now they have,and food is there in the house, so they feel happy inside
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Bought bulls for rearing, and foodstuffs
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access_time over 1 year ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
With this transfer, I plan to build a good shelter USD540 which will help my people sleep well in order to avoid malaria
I also plan to start a poultry farm worth USD108 which will cater for building a shelter and birds. Then the remaining balance of USD270 will go a cow which will after sometime provide us with milk so that we can enjoy daily and also make some sales to meet basic needs.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I felt happy during Christmas when my sisters came from Kenya and brought me rice, sugar and other things that helped us have a beautiful and interesting day.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
I currently face a challenge of sleeping in a bad conditioned shelter which allows a lot of coldness to hit us leading to malaria and came as a result of the stones that rolled from the hill and destroyed my house. Some of my children stay with my mother which I see as an inconvenience to the old woman.
