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 big difference in my life is that my husband has managed to pay dowry for me using this transfer. Paying dowry in this context means that I have been married officially, we both feel happy and relaxed now. Before receiving the transfer we were on tension and stressed because my husband could not afford dowry. According to our tradition if the unmarried woman passed on , the man husband would be made to pay dowry before the burial.
Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
The moment I got the transfer, I felt so happy. I jumped up because I was excited to hold that amount of money for the first time.
What did you spend your first transfer on?
As a family we spent our first transfer for paying dowry to my parents worth UGX 1,000,000 as it is the traditional obligation for a man taking up a new wife. I purchased house hold items that is to say utensils, clothes, bed sheets, a mattress, a bed and spent some money on food.
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What does receiving this money mean to you?
Receiving this money means that I will be able to pay dawery for my wife. For long now I have stayed with her without paying dawery because I couldn't raise enough money for it.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is afternoon when we are having lunch together as a family.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship i have faced in my lack of enough land for farming. My household depends on farming as a source of income.
