We check in with people at each stage of the cash transfer process to see how things are going. Take a look at some of their stories as they appear here in real-time.
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Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference in my daily life is the joy and and fact that I was able to start building a permanent house that I would never ever got the means to build. This will permanent house will relieve me from the burden of renovating the grass thatched house yearly. It will as well help in reducing the rodents that dig through the ground into the house.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment I received my money, I felt so happy that I had got money that I would use to build a permanent house.
What did you spend your first transfer on?
I spent my first transfer Ugx 1550000 to buy fifteen bags of pure cement and fifteen bags of lime as well, three trips of bricks, six iron bars, paying labor for helping in partially building my house.
I bought a mattress at Ugx 80000 and enrolled my child to school at Ugx 50000
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What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money means that I will be in position to build iron-roofed house. Iam stay in a leaking grass thatched house since it's constantly being destroyed by termites and rats The iron-roofed house once constructed will provide my house hold with comfortable accommodation which does not leak.Also I will be able to save some money spent on maitianing grass thatched house for doing other better things in my family.
What is the happiest part of your day?
My favourite part of the day is evening hours. It will find that I have exorted all the work like digging ,cooking. I relax and plan well on how to maintain my family.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I face is lack of farm land. My household survives on hiring land during cultivation period and some times we end up getting unfertile land which is not productive atall. I realise little harvests which does not support the family requirements like enough feeding results in food shortage.
