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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
1449800 UGX ($400 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
In my opinion, GiveDirectly does well to send your officers to teach us about the program for us to understand it well.
What did you spend your third transfer on?
I spent my third transfer on food and pigs. I used my transfer to buy food because I had no food in my house. I also bought 4 pigs for keeping for more income in a near future.
How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I have a renovated house and it's clean, I feed and sleep well and I have my bull and bugs from the transfer so my life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer because I did not have all those that I have mentioned.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
1519800 UGX ($423 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent my second transfer to buy a cow at 550000, because it is whar we saw could sustainably keep the money, then I bought household utensils since i was lacking most of them and I have kept the rest of the money for treatment as I am old woman who may fall sick at anytime
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in daily life is that I am now very happy to have a cow which I will rear and it accumulates the money which I may use to help me
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
405775 UGX ($113 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent my first transfer on buying iron sheets to roof my house and also bought a mattress to sleep on because I was sleeping on a papyrus mat
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment when I received my money I felt happy and asked my kids to buy me some meat before anything else
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access_time almost 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I plan to improve the old woman's house and buy her some goats for grazing.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
The proudest achievement is raising all my seven children though three died while adults.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I have faced in life is the death of my beloved husband so I am lonely with no powers over property.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the evening when I am surrounded with my grand children telling them stories of the past generations.
