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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
4664420 UGX ($1252 USD)
access_time 1 year ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
The cows that I bought out of my transfer will multiply and this will enable me acquire land in a safer place than this one where I am currently staying
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Unconditional cash transfers really has put GD on top of all agencies that provide support to the poorest in our rural communities
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought 2 cows at 2,200,000/=, and I also made some improvements on my main house. This costed me also an amount totalling to 2,200,000/=. The remaining amount of 200,000/= was spent on buying some household items.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
2339550 UGX ($638 USD)
access_time over 1 year ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was sitting at the center resting when I received the money.
I was very happy and wished GD the best.
I thought about buying a cow.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
My life is now on a straight path.
Family is now very fine, the kids are in school and we are all happy.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I bought land to be able to relocate, a cow as an asset to keep money and solar to get some lights and charge my phone
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access_time over 1 year ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
With this cash transfer, I plan to purchase a plot of land for settlement USD 526 in Tunwasi which is a flat and less risky place.
I also plan to pay school fees USD263 for my five children who are school going in a private school for one full year.
My children a direct their friends who take milk at home. So I will use USD263 to buy a cow that can provide milk for them enjoy and stop admiring those who have it always.
I opt to improve my butchery business by putting in more money worth USD263 so that I can make sales daily to enable us have good life like as other see in our community living happily. Then the balance of USD526 will remain on my account as savings which will at one time be invested when a good venture comes my way.
What is the happiest part of your day?
It is true that I really struggle to raise what is required for my people to stay. However, happiness came my way when I registered a good harvest of coffee which enabled me earn money that catered for a number of things for example buying food, sauce, soap, salt and other needs required to have a happily living family.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest problem I am currently is poverty which has all the bad life we are going through. I mention this because I really struggle to food and requirements for people in the home. We truely only survive on one meal a day most of the time.
I have also failed to buy my wife and children good beddings like mattresses, blankets, bed sheets and clothes. This has really caused bad life that any other person cannot desire being in.
