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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
1661910 UGX ($442 USD)
access_time over 5 years ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Life is different than before because I sleep under an iron sheet roofed house, and I also bought a bicycle that relieves me from carrying items on my head for long distances. Before, sleeping under a grass thatched house would bring frustrations especially during rainy season because it leaks. Without a bicycle, walking long distances to fetch water or carry heavy items was tideous.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GiveDirectly has done well giving us money that has enabled people to build permanent houses, acquired cultivation land, others have married wives. In addition, it has brought people together compared to before where disputes were common. There's nothing it hasn't done well in my opinion.
What did you spend your second transfer on?
My second transfer was spent to complete building the house. Then I also bought a bicycle, groundnut seeds, and a few household items.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
1728300 UGX ($466 USD)
access_time over 5 years ago
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is happiness to be having an iron roofed house and feeding better making my skin appear healthy and smoother.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
That moment I learned that money had come, happiness filled myself because I knew time has come to take a break from a grass thatched house to an iron sheet roofed house.
What did you spend your first transfer on?
My first transfer was spent to buy building materials such as cement, bricks, iron sheets, timber, a door and windows to construct a house, bought Gnuts seeds, a bicycle, household items like bed-sheets, shoes, and food.
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access_time almost 6 years ago
What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money means, I can be in position to build iron-roofed house for my family.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of the day is afternoon, it's time of fun with neighbours.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I face is lack of enough land to distribute to my children ,since the space available is to small.
