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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
4664420 UGX ($1191 USD)
access_time 2 months ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Hope to buy a plot of land from my savings so as I can compensate the one I would buy out of GD money
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
There is a big difference because GD delivers what it promises and in the exact promised time.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Constructing a house
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
2339550 UGX ($619 USD)
access_time 5 months ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I WAS IN A WORKSHOP, I FELT SO OVER JOYED AND THANKED GOD.
THE FIRST THING THAT WENT THROUGH MY MIND WAS TO GET LAND
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
EVERYTHING I SPENT THIS MONEY ON HAS BROUGHT A BIG CHANGE AND JOY IN MY LIFE
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I SPENT MOST OF MY TRANSFER ON THE PURCHASES FOR CONSTRUCTING A GOOD HOUSE
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access_time 1 year ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
I plan to buy a plot of land of USD1111 in Bungokho in Mbale District which is a flat area with no threats of land slides and safe for settlement and cultivation. I also plan to use USD416 to a diary cow and also use USD 138 to put up a kiral for the cow so that it grows very fast and provide us with milk for both domestic use and selling to raise money for acquiring basic needs in the home. I then opt to use USD 277 to secure household equipment like a big sauce pane, a big drum of 200Litres, and clearing school fees for my daughter at school for her to study regularly and perform well.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I felt very happy when my daughter who sat for Primary Leaving Examinations passed very well with a second grade and she is now in senior one trying to sharpen her future.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
We currently face a problem of bad weather most especially when it rains, we are always affected by landslides and flash floods which destroy plantations both food crops and cash crops like coffee and bananas hence having food insecurity and poor income.
