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Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
329680 RWF ($299 USD)
access_time over 1 year ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
It was in the morning around 11am.I was charging my phone at my neighbor's house then I heard the news from neighbors that she received the transfer. My son went and picked the phone so we checked the momo account and found out that transfer was sent. I was overjoyed and I thought I was going to change my life in a better way.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
The money from Givedirectly came as solution , I had no hope where I will find money to renew my house but now I was able to renovate it. We had no food at home we were hungry but I was able to take care of my family by buying them food and clothes.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Most of the money was spent on renovating the house by buying some materials and paying the workers .The total cost was 180k.
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access_time over 1 year ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
I will buy land of $400, rebuild my house for $200, and I will the rest buying food and clothes
What is the happiest part of your day?
The government gave a cow, this will help me increase the yield from my farm
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
My husband Rucamumakuba left me since 1994 because of poverty before he was very rich, he was having a bar in our village selling beer and meat. Living alone, doing everything on my own was very tough and that leads me to severe poverty. I was living alone now in the house that I have built after selling my own cow and now the house is very old, need to renew it but I can't afford the price. I am 73 years old, I can't work for money $1 per day in others farms , it is not easy to get food
