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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
4664420 UGX ($1289 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 hope to start a business.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly has come to rescue us from risky place . I continue to appreciate Give directly for sending us money directly.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought a cow so that I can be able to get some money
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
2339550 UGX ($633 USD)
access_time 1 year ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was in the garden, then I heard the message from mobile money. I felt so happy and lost the morale of digging. My heart wanted me to go home. My first thought was to go and withdraw the money and pay for a plot of land
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I now have a cow and my family is safe because I can sell and do anything I like unlike the past
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Bought a cow
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access_time almost 2 years ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
RECEIVING THIS MONEY MEANS JOY, I PLAN ON BUYING A PLOT OF LAND AT $802 CONSTRUCT A HOUSE AT $535 WHERE THERE ARE NO LANDSLIDES, USE THE REMAINING $535 TO BUY A COW WHICH WILL PROVIDE MILK FOR CONSUMPTION, SALE I WILL USE THE PROFITS GAIN TO PAY SCHOOL FEES FOR MY CHILDREN
What is the happiest part of your day?
I HAVEN'T HAD HAPPINESS BECAUSE I HAD HOPE THAT MY CHILDREN WOULD FINISH SCHOOL BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL DUE TO LACK OF MONEY AND WENT INTO EARLY MARRIAGES
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
LANDSLIDES THAT CARRY AWAY OUR CROPS, GARDENS HAS RESULTED INTO POVERTY AND FAMINE. THIS HAS FORCED US INTO GETTING LOANS WITH HIGH INTERESTS WHICH HAS PUT OUR LIVES IN MISERY DUE TO DEBTS.
