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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
1686517 UGX ($453 USD)
access_time almost 6 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I completed a marriage ceremony @ UGX 800000, I bought a goat @ UGX 60000, I also bought household items @ UGX 300000, Weeding UGX 300000 and feeding UGX 173000.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Give Directly has helped us a lot in different ways i.e It has helped people construct houses, Buy livestock, Motorbikes, Farmland and for me it has married for me a wife. However Give Directly skipped other households during enrollment which I believe should be worked upon.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I have a spouse now hence moving from single life to a married man, I have also acquired clothes which I never had. I have also bought livestock.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
1754517 UGX ($459 USD)
access_time 6 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I have spent my first transfer to pay dowry for my wife at 600,000ugx, used 1,000,000ugx for holding the cultural function and bought clothes at 100,000ugx.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment I received my money,I felt happy.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is that, now I no longer have a lot of pressure from my in-laws .Before I had a lot of pressure.
Enrolled
access_time 6 years ago
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Its when i got a woman and had no money to maintain her.
