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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almost 6 years ago
Juventine
received a $445 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer on buying a cow at 440,000 ugx as a way of remembering GD.
I then bought a door, Windows and bricks as I plan to start building a permanent house that I will move on from my grass thatched one.
I also used part of my money to buy two mattresses for my daughters as I wanted to please them. "
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almost 6 years ago
Peter
received a $22 fifth payment.
"In the next six months, i wish to have built a better house for my family and that i will also be having a dairy cow. This will help me live a better and a more comfortable life."
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almost 6 years ago
Eric
received a $45 initial payment.
"I am now in a good position to make future plans like buying cows, something that I could not achieve in the past."
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almost 6 years ago
Ivine
enrolled.
"I having been desiring to own a cow and this is the opportunity to have one. Owning a cow means my children will be healthy by drinking milk and able to sell the remaining in order to sustain my family."
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almost 6 years ago
Mercy
received a $22 fifth payment.
"Yes i do, i want to have a cow before of the end of the four. we have planned to have a group so that we can contribute to one another at a time."
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almost 6 years ago
Scovia
received a $447 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer on buying some household items such as beddings, utensils among others approximately at 400,000 ugx. My house did not have most items but this money enabled me to acquire them.
I used used part of my transfer in hiring a garden at 300,000 ugx. Since we are two wives I didn't have where to cultivate and decided to get my own land to cultivate in.
I then bought some food for feeding my children and some clothes for my children at 300,000 ugx.
I also bought solar at 120,000 ugx as a lighting source in my house.
I then bought a cow 350,000 ugx as investment for children in the future. "
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almost 6 years ago
Peter
received a $447 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer on buying a plot of land at 720,000 ugx. Being a bastered, I had no place of my own so I decided that getting my own would give me a sence of pride.
I am planning to buy a cow at 730,000 ugx probably as investment.
Saving the balance start buying some building materials that I will combine with my next transfer to build my house"
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almost 6 years ago
Caroline
received a $22 fifth payment.
"I am expecting my children to clear school well without fees arrears and to add a dairy cow."
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almost 6 years ago
Faridah
received a $22 fifth payment.
"New goal that have added in to my life for the next four months is to buy a milking cow."
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almost 6 years ago
Agnes
received a $22 fifth payment.
"In the next four months I am planning to top up with my husband towards buying a dairy cow."
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