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Kamoti's family
Kamoti
landscapeCountry:
uganda
workOccupation:
Subsistence farming
faceAge:
35
workCampaign
Uganda Disaster Response
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Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
2339550 UGX ($605 USD)
access_time 8 months ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was in the garden planting beans, when I saw the message i was overjoyed because i was very poor
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
I was always mocked by people, This transfer has brought me joy that i had never experienced before
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought a cow because I wanted to own such an investment
 
Enrolled
access_time almost 2 years ago
 
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
Return the money in to farming, 3 millions seeds onion maize, a cow 1 1 / 2 million for millk
What is the happiest part of your day?
Planting onions in Nazala. 1 kg bought at 200,000 And the onions are blosoming
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Floods run through. Homes here