We check in with people at each stage of the cash transfer process to see how things are going. Take a look at some of their stories as they appear here in real-time.
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is the overwhelming joy I feel in my heart for having got this transfer that has improved my standard of living. This is in form of beautifying my house and acquiring some house hold needs that I would probably never managed to get. Before getting this money, I was really devastated that all the means (farming and doing casual labor) I had always used to raise money were unproductive.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment I received my money, I was so delighted that I had as well got this lump sum money. I had never held such.
What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent my first transfer to buy a door, two windows, ten bags of cement, paying and feeding the labor that helped to fit and plaster my house.
I then paid Ugx 550000 as a fine that was given to my son for impregnating a primary seven girl.
I then bought two goats at Ugx 120000.
I then bought three mattresses and a blanket for my children and myself.
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What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money means that I will be able to build complete my house. I stay in an iron-roofed house which has some pot holes along its wall and termites keep on erecting their channels throgh that hence may weaken the bricks. I hope to plaster this house with this money thus a voiding termites from weakening it's walls. Also part of the transfers will facilitate my daughter's Education such that she may have a brighter future.
What is the happiest part of your day?
My happiest moments is always morning hours since atleast I wake up fairly healthy. Iam able to do some garden work for a short time and this puts a smile on my face.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I face is sickness. Iam living with poison which has resulted in blood pressure thus my body is too weak to carry out hard labour. This has affected crop production in my family since I can no longer dig well hence high level poverty.
