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2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
477520 RWF ($425 USD)
access_time over 1 year ago
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How is your life different than it would have been if you never received the transfer?
Numva nzaba narateye imbere bigaragara, amatungo yanjye yarorortse yarangejeje no ku bindi byiza.
In your opinion, what does GiveDirectly do well, and what does it not do well?
Iyo ndebye ibikorwa bya GiveDirectly byose mbona ari byiza birasobanutse, rwose byadukuye mu bukene, twari dushonje, turyama habi ariko ubu impinduka ni zose.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
Mu nkunga yambere nabashije guhita nishyura umwenda nari mfite wa 100,000 Rwf (100$), nishyura na mutuelle ya 9,000 Rwf (9$) asigaye nyaguramo ibikoresho byo mu rugo bitandukanye. Inkunga ya kabiri aho nyiboneye nayo nahise ntangira kuvugurura inzu yanjye ubu akaba ariyo mirimo mpugiyemo, ubundi akaba ari no kumfasha mubijyanye no guhaha. Ikindi aya kabiri yamfashije ni ukugura amatungo magufi ariyo intama, inkoko n'urukwavu.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
329680 RWF ($298 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 11 am, I was home cooking lunch. I was full of joy and smiles on that day. The first thing I thought I was going to change the way my family live in a positive way.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life since you started receiving payments from GiveDirectly.
So many things have changed because we didn't have money , there is a day where we couldn't afford to eat at night we could only eat lunch but now we are able to have three meals per day. I was able to repay the loan I took and I was able to buy food for family. The rest of the money was spent on renovating the walls of our house by cemeting them.
What did you spend your most recent transfer(s) on?
I repaid 100k it was a loan I took two months ago .
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access_time almost 2 years ago
What do you plan to do with the cash transfer?
I will buy a land of $300 for cultivation purpose, I will pay health insurance of $9 for my family , livestocks of $50. I will buy matelas and bedsheet of $100, I will repair my house with $200, and use the rest in feeding my family, buying clothes and shoes
What is the happiest part of your day?
I have a cow from government support, in last 2 months it gives birth, This means It will be my own cow after giving one cow my neighbors
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
I am very old with 73 years old, If I didn't go work in others farms for $0.8 I can't get food to eat, As we can't get enough food, we eat once day and we can't do any saving. My house also is very old, I don't have money to repair it, no electricity at home. I even have loan of health insurance of $9, every month I pay $3 per month
