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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
4664420 UGX ($1231 USD)
access_time 11 months ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I hope to a cow for milk and more calfs.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly has promised and fulfilled the transfer payments. Now i can take children to children , am planning to buy materials for building land.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Bought land
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
2339550 UGX ($625 USD)
access_time 1 year ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
Was in the centre in the evening ,felt very happy
Thought of first paying fees for the children
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Children are happy because they had returned home due to failure to pay fees, now they are at school preparing to sit for end of year exams
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Paid school fees for children
Planning to go to the market on Thursday and buy items
Enrolled
access_time almost 2 years ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
I will renovate my house and also support my children on school.
What is the happiest part of your day?
There is nothing much that has brought me joy.I thank God i am alive with my family amidst the various challenges prevailing
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The challenges are poverty .Supporting my children at school has been a great challenge.I desire to take them through school but at the end of the day,I am held up.My income is very low yet i have a lot of resppnsibilities.Even the in subsistence farming ,its challenging for me to get money to buy fertilizers fot my garden.
