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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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7 years ago
Anna
received a $474 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer on buying items such as; two big source pans at 100,000 ugx, a kettle at 13,000 ugx, four matresses, three pairs of bedsheets, gumboots, clothes for my family and I, and Jerricans for fetching water. I also bought stock at 400,000ugx for my shop since it was failing. Then I had to to buy a ploughing bull at 850,000 ugx. "
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7 years ago
Jane
received a $484 third payment.
"The floor of my house was plastered with soil, we mix soil water and cow dung to plaster and this exercise is always repeated so many times because it always wears out so fast and the walls too are made of soil so when it rains the walls will fall out, so for this reason when I received my last transfer I purposed to end this and plaster the floor with cement and the walls too."
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7 years ago
Emilly
received a $464 third payment.
"When it rains in our area it always floods so this really affected us because the water would enter in the house and this meant sleeping in a house filled with water which was so uncomfortable and also the toilet would sink in so after every rain season we would dig and dig a new toilet. so when I received my transfers from the first to the last I used it to raise the floor of the house and plaster and I also built a standard toilet and permanent one this time."
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7 years ago
Daniel
received a $467 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on buying a water pump that hire out to farmers for money. This gives me more income. I also use it to irrigate my farm. The remaining I spent on buying a sub woofer that I use to listen to music."
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7 years ago
Dorcas
received a $464 third payment.
"I spent most of my third transfer on paying school fees for my three children in secondary school. I had not paid the year's fees so, when I paid this, I felt relieved. I also spent some money on buying some timber that I am planning to use to build a new house after my current house got destroyed by water and termites."
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7 years ago
Anna
enrolled.
"The happiest part of the day is after lunch, i go to fetch water at the near by borehole and this is when i chatt with friends. This relieves me off some soughts."
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7 years ago
Esther
received a $464 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on a water pump and a power generate which am using to water my farm produce, with my agribusiness am able to provide school fees for my children and food for my family."
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7 years ago
Joyce
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship which am facing currently is poor accommodation. since my roof is made of grass ,the house leaks when it rains and the water enters inside the house."
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7 years ago
Jorim
received a $467 third payment.
"I am a horticultural farmer, so when I received my third transfer, I bought a generator for pumping water from the lake. I do not have to wait for the rains given that I bought a generator for pumping water to my crops. The remaining I spent on buying clothes and food for my consumes."
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7 years ago
Damaris
received a $463 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on plastering my 3 room house for 47,000 KES since if I never did that the mud walls would be again washed off by rain water and cause us all inconveniences."
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