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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
4664420 UGX ($1204 USD)
access_time 8 months ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I want to set up a business that will enable me educate my children
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I am grateful to GiveDirectly's generosity
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I spent most of my transfer on the house because I was living in a very bad state
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
2339550 UGX ($615 USD)
access_time 12 months ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The message got him in the market,was very excited,speechless and took 2 days before withdrawing
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The diet has improved because they can afford 3 meals aday
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Bought a cow,because of milk provision and can sell it later
Enrolled
access_time over 1 year ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
With the cash transfer, I plan to buy a plot worth £1081 in Buwakoko which is a bit flat area with less risks and good for settlement where I will build a house worth £405 which will help my sleep well without any worries.
Another thing I plan to do is buying a cow at £270 which will provide us with milk after some time for home consumption and also selling to raise money for buying other basic needs like salt, sugar, clothes, and food.
Then the balance of £135 will cater for the treatment of my people and a cow so that it grows very fast to multiply inorder for us to have quick development.
What is the happiest part of your day?
What made me happy is GOD giving us life and crossed to a new year 2023 safely without any sicknesses which has enabled us work hard to money for meeting basic needs like food and others.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest challenge we is landslides and flash floods which destroy crops and banana plantation leaving us with a problem of sturving where by we sometimes have only meal a day. Also as a result of destruction of crops like coffee by landslides, we struggle alot to get money to meet basic needs in the home.
