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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
4664420 UGX ($1201 USD)
access_time 9 months ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
I hope to add another piece of land this year with the money that I have saved and Construct next year
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
I appreciate give directly for the best direct process of giving money directly to the most needy
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I have spent most of it on buying land
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
2339550 UGX ($617 USD)
access_time 11 months ago
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Describe the moment when you received your money. How did you feel?
I was in the garden looking for animal feeds, I felt so happy and shouted to God with thanks. The first thought was to buy land.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
There's a big difference now, I am happy without thoughts of worrying about the future, I now have a picture of my future
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Spent most of my cash on buying land
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access_time over 1 year ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
Oh! Am so excited to be a beneficiary of this money. First and foremost, we are planning on constructing a bigger house where we can all comfortably stay in. We are planning on constructing a house of five rooms with about 35 red iron sheets. We shall use $250 for the ironsheets as each is at $8.3 and the other $250 for the Poles, labour and the other materials like adding some cement. This will ensure that our children grow up in a safer space with some privacy for both the boys and the girls since they are currently sharing a room.
We are also planning on buying another cow to avail us with more milk. We shall use about $416 in the purchase of a good heifer. This will ensure that we have more milk that we can put on sale and earn more money that can help sustain the family.
Furthermore, we are planning on purchasing a small plot of land in Bukewa which is a bit flat and very fertile. This will cost us about $1,111 and we shall mostly carry out agriculture from this plot of land. This area requires less fertilisers and gives more output.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The joy that I have is the fact that all my children are healthy and no one needs constant medical attention. They have all been blessed with good health and that gives me joy. Also my husband and I never fight. We are always sticking together and no-matter hard the situation, we have always had each other's back and that gives me peace.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The greatest challenge that I face is lack of enough money to avail enough food and daily meals for my family. However much my husband tries to avail food for us, it's not enough as he only sells milk from the market on Thursday and he makes only $1.4 which can barely buy even a kilogram of Sugar. This is so hard for us and it makes our lives very hard. Also my children last week were sent out of school because they did not have school uniform. I felt very bad seeing my two children sit at home for something as small as not having school Uniforms. We struggled and my husband did some casual labour work and we got partly the money for the uniform.
