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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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6 years ago
Meshak
received a $5 initial payment.
"My new goal is to save part of the monthly transfers so that I can buy a cow that will remind me of Give Directly even when the program is over."
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6 years ago
Lilian
received a $474 third payment.
"I spent most of the transfer to buy two cow bulls for farming and so l will not spend money gain to hire people to work on my farm any more. The remaining balance l spent to buy clothing for my children."
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6 years ago
Francis
received a $474 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on buying a she cow and a sheep. I also planted sugarcane of which I harvested lumpsum yeilds as a result I got good profits that has enabled me cur for my needs comfortably."
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6 years ago
Mosonik
received a $23 second payment.
"The goals which I now have is to buy a sheep every month then afterwards sell them and use the money I get to buy a cow. "
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6 years ago
Phillister
received a $5 initial payment.
"In the next six months, I expect to live a very improved lifestyle. With the livestock that I intend to keep, I expect to start milking immediately my cows mature. We will be able to feed on adequate milk throughout our lives."
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6 years ago
Silvia
received a $5 initial payment.
"In the next six months, I plan to buy cows and eat well."
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6 years ago
Salome
received a $477 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer she -cow which has already reproduced and the milk I get from it I give my children , looking at them now they are healthier . I also fixed a steel door on my house ."
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6 years ago
Esther
received a $477 third payment.
"I spent the larger part of my third transfer on buying she - cow and ox and now I am assured of some assests to cur for any emergencies . I also hired two acre of land which I planted cereal and the yields were enough to feed my family and I ."
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6 years ago
Grace
received a $466 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer for buying Bricks at 600,000Ugx, a Cow at 550,000Ugx, paid part of my childrens' school fees for my children at 100,000Ugx, Plaster sand at 90,000Ugx and remaining transfer I used for buying a tree for timber and paying for labour for cutting timber and I bought clothings for myself. "
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6 years ago
Charles
received a $448 second payment.
"I spent my second transfer to buy a cow at 830,000 ugx and I hired two gardens at 450,000 ugx. I also bought groundnut seeds at 100,000 ugx and I bought beans at 50,000 ugx. The balance of the cash transfer I spent on buying medicine worth 62,000 ugx and the balance on buying other household items."
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