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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
4664420 UGX ($1282 USD)
access_time over 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 continue educating my children and start developing my plot
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GD is different because it gives cash without asking anything in return and it doesn't involve a lot of bureaucracy.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I used to complete paying the balance on the land I bought
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
2339550 UGX ($633 USD)
access_time over 1 year ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
Was attending a social event,felt excited, because they had waited for long .On learning that money had come,he thought of looking for some place to buy
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
Has become more optimistic that his dreams of leading a good life will be realised. He has negotiated with someone who wants to sell land to him jn safer place and hopes to build there some small house so that during rainy season his family can reside from there
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
600000
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access_time almost 2 years ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
When the transfer comes, I plan to buy a plot of land in a trading centre worthy USD 657 on which I will build a commercial house but with also rooms for sleeping in when the weather changes at USD 1052 and then the balance of USD 131 will be used to secure a cow which provide with milk for domestic use and selling to meet some other basic needs after some time.
What is the happiest part of your day?
What gave me happiness is when my daughter gave birth successfully without operation because I was worried that it call in for alot of money and yet had no money to cater for high expenses. At this, I felt a lot of joy.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
I generally face a problem of poverty which has forced me to borrow money with high interest which at times fail to refund in time and be forced to sell my assets like goats to clear the debt.
I also at times face hardships with getting food for members because diseases destroy our crops like bananas leaving with less options of getting food and we also low income that can not enable meet basic needs regularly.
