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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6 years ago
Ketty
received a $441 second payment.
"I spent my second transfer to buy a Bull at 550,000ugx,business(restock) at 700,000ugx, a pig at 40,000ugx, chicken at 25,000ugx, Food at 200,000ugx,Savings at 118,000ugx."
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6 years ago
Kipterkech
received a $23 eighth payment.
"My life is currently different from how it was four months ago since initially I had not purchased the chicken that I did and now I feel a sense of ownership as my poultry size has increased. The number of eggs has also increased and I at times sell them in exchange of other household commodities "
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6 years ago
Reuben
received a $23 eighth payment.
"In the next six months I would expect to have more chicken which will help me to meet my daily needs."
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6 years ago
Jackline
received a $23 fourth payment.
"In the next six months I would expect to have built a poultry house so that we can keep chicken."
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6 years ago
Sophia
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that I will be able to pay college fees to my son who is studying accounts, I will also pay fees to his sibling who is in form two in our local day school. The second Givedirectly cash transfer will help me improve my vegetables business and build a poultry house and improve on my chicken rearing."
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6 years ago
Stanley
received a $546 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now have more chicken which I believe in the near future it will provide me with eggs. These will help me to raise school fees for my children through the sale of eggs."
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6 years ago
Paul
received a $546 initial payment.
"I used the transfer that I received to buy a cow for rearing and also put up poultry house for rearing chicken. I also paid school fees for rearing."
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6 years ago
Brian
received a $23 eighth payment.
"My life is currently different because I am able to farm back at home as well as attend school. This is because I used one of the transfers to buy bean seeds and chicken.This has really helped me to know that I have a secure futre.It has also helped me mostly ewith rent and personal items at school."
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6 years ago
Joyce
received a $45 third payment.
"My life currently is different since I have been able to buy some chicken and my children have not been sent back home to fetch school fees."
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6 years ago
Jackson
received a $23 seventh payment.
"My life currently is different since I now have a sheep which is almost giving birth and some chicken. I did not have these things before."
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