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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
1661910 UGX ($449 USD)
access_time 5 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent my transfer on completing my house and bought one goat.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I was living in extreme poverty but GiveDirectly has delivered me through their transfers. Therefore, GD did well to send me money. I haven't seen anything wrong done by GiveDirectly.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
My life has tremendously transformed from sleeping in a ramshackle grass thatched house to a iron roofed one. Previously, I used to live worryingly especially during rainy season. Whenever it rained, everything in the house got damaged from food stuffs to beddings. Ever since I occupied my house, I no longer worry of rain and I have peaceful nights.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
1728300 UGX ($462 USD)
access_time over 5 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I plan to spend my first transfer Ugx 1700000 to build a permanent iron roofed house. However, I have only bought some bricks and halted the rest of the work as the rainy season seem to have started since transporting building materials and building at such a time is a little challenging.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment I received my money, I felt so happy to the fact that I would be in position to build my iron roofed house.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
Since I plan to build a permanent iron roofed house, this has made me feel so happy because I will move from the currently leaking grass thatched house when it rains to the safe one when completed. Hence, making my daily life biggest difference as I will be relieved from the burden of buying grass and renovating the grass thatched house yearly.
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access_time over 5 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I face currently is lack of enough money for building ironroofed house and buying household items.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of the day is evening hours when Iam chatting with my step mother.
What does receiving this money mean to you?
I shall build my ironroofed house with the transfers.
