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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
4664420 UGX ($1289 USD)
access_time 9 months ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Hopes to aquire land and build a house, after selling cattle she has bought
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
GD does well in offering help to poor people without conditions attached
She believes it would be better to also enrol people who were forced out of their villages by landslides, staying in other villages where GD has enrolled
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Bought cattle, still with some money
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
2339550 UGX ($638 USD)
access_time 11 months ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
Felt good and surprised to receive the money. I even left the hoe in the garden to go and withdraw the money
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
There is a big difference because I can now sleep on a bed with proper bedsheets and I feel happy looking at my cow knowing anytime I will get milk
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Bought a cow and some beddjngs
Enrolled
access_time over 1 year ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
HEALTH WISE I AM NOT OKAY, IF I GET THIS MONEY I WILL BUY A COW OF $268 THAT WILL IN THE END PROVIDE ME WITH MILK FOR HOME CONSUMPTION, I ALSO PLAN TO GET A PLOT OF LAND FOR MY BOYS AT A COST OF $1071. I WILL BUY A GOAT AT $80 FOR MY DAUGHTER SO THAT THEY CAN PRODUCE MORE AND SHE'S CONTINUES WITH SCHOOL. I WILL WILL ALSO BUY A SACK OF A LOCAL BREWAL MATERIALS AT $41 SO THAT WHEN MY DAUGHTER COMES BACK FROM SCHOOL SHE CAN HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT, WITH THE REMAINING BALANCE I WILL ALSO BUY MEAT AS SAUCE
What is the happiest part of your day?
I AM GLAD THAT THE ALMIGHTY HAS BLESSED ME WITH LIFE
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
SINCE MORNING I HAVEN'T YET EATEN ANYTHING , IF I'M TO EAT I'LL HAVE TO WAIT TILL EVENING THIS IS BECAUSE BANANA PLANTATION I HAVE HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY BANANA LEAF RUST
