GDLive Newsfeed
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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over 5 years ago
Alice
received a $548 initial payment.
"My daily life is now different from how it was since I now own a cow. I believe that in the coming months, I will not be overworking myself as I will be having an alternative source of income since I will be selling some milk from this cow. This will make it easy for me to pay my childrens school fees on time."
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over 5 years ago
Judy
received a $23 twelfth payment.
"My new additional goals for your life for the next four months is that I will have saved some amount of money in the merry go round group to enable me to buy a dairy cow. Currently, we buy milk and its so costly for us. We will also be in a position to meet other basic household needs using the money we could have used to buy milk because at that moment we will be having a dairy cow."
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over 5 years ago
Grace
received a $471 initial payment.
"The major difference I have achieved in my life is I no longer struggle to smear my house with cow dung because it was plastered and floored.
Secondly I bought a lighting system inform of solar which has brought light into my house and I no longer live in darkness."
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over 5 years ago
Hellen
received a $460 second payment.
"I spent my second transfer for plastering my house , I also purchased the cow and the pig."
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over 5 years ago
Ketty
received a $471 initial payment.
"I have spent my first transfer to buy an ox and a cow at Ugx1470000. I also bought household goods with the balance."
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over 5 years ago
Grace
received a $453 second payment.
"I spent my second transfer for buying a cow at UGX 600,000, scholastic materials at UGX 112000 and food at UGX 21,000. I have saved UGX 900,000 which I intend to use for paying school fees."
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over 5 years ago
Jesca
received a $471 initial payment.
"I have spent my first transfer to pay a debt of Ugx200000 and bought three cows at Ugx1500000."
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over 5 years ago
John
received a $453 second payment.
"I spent my second transfer for paying a debt of UGX 500,000, I bought a cow at UGX 500,000 and I have saved UGX 633,000 that I intend to use for paying school fees."
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over 5 years ago
Michael
received a $546 initial payment.
"When I received my first transfer I embarked on my sugarcane farming that I had suspended due to lack of adequate finances. This has been a major source of income in my home so its suspension meant that we struggled to make ends meet. The remaining amount I bought a cow to rear for future economic income. Now I have a steady income fro the cane farming."
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over 5 years ago
Ednah
received a $23 twelfth payment.
"Living in a new good looking house is one of the things that have changed my life. I hated seeing my sons shying away from bringing their friends home to visit me. One of my sons recently bought me furniture before the new house as he is benefiting from the transfers. Since I build the house, my sons have come home with their fiancees which is now encouraging them to make bold steps in life. I am glad to see that they are heading towards getting married as they have come of age and heading in the right direction. I also own two cows now that I have already bought form these transfers. Buying a cow was actually impossible for me without GiveDirectly."
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