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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 take my children to school and buy a cow.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give directly has brought us out of poverty, now were building, taking children to school. I continue to appreciates give directly
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Bought land and cement land for building.
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?
I was harvesting beans the so the message, I was very happy and thankful
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
We're now much better with my family, before I nolonger borrow money from saving circles.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I Bought a cow
Enrolled
access_time almost 2 years ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
Receiving this money means it will save my life from being taken by landslides, I will buy land in a safer area build a house in the money received at $1083. I will use $541 to grow bananas on a large scale for us to have enough food and remain with what to sell so as I can earn a living
What is the happiest part of your day?
I planted beans and coffee that I was able to harvest sold the produce and the profits gained used them to get basic needs such as salt and soap for my family
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
living in the hills has a challenge of flash floods and landslides which have carried away my crops and partially cut off my house putting my family's life in danger and thus forced me to relocate twice
