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. Learn more about how recipients opt in to share their stories.
Charles's family
access_time 6 years ago
Charles received a $467 initial payment.
"When I received my first cash transfer worth 1,700,000ugx, I paid off a debt of 1,100,000ugx, I bought two mattresses worth 190,000ugx. I paid tuition worth 200,000ugx. I bought clothes for all the family members worth 133,000ugx. I used 76,000ugx for buying food and other utensils."
Mark's family
access_time 6 years ago
Mark received a $540 initial payment.
"I used the cash to pay school fees for my child. I also bought a bed and a mattress for my family. I also bought a new TV set, water preservation tank. The rest went into buying food for the family."
Loy's family
access_time 6 years ago
Loy received a $466 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer to buy a mattress, a bag, paid hospital bills, paid debts I had, and saved some to make bricks that will build me a house."
Getulida's family
access_time 6 years ago
Getulida received a $466 initial payment.
"I bought bricks at 500000/=, 3 trees for timbers 300000/=, mattress 140000/=, Jerrican for 114 litres 70000/=, 20 iron sheets 600000/=, school fees 230000/= totaling to 1700000/=."
Irene's family
access_time 6 years ago
Irene received a $448 second payment.
"She says that she sleeps well these days because she now has a mattress and a bed which wasn't the case before and she is stress free though her husband sent her away from home. She is completing her house this very month."
John's family
access_time 6 years ago
John received a $467 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer for purchasing a cow and a calf at 1,118,000 ugx, bed and mattress at 150,000 ugx, clothes at 100,000 ugx, solar system at 120,000 ugx, food at 152,000 ugx and repairing a bicycle at 10,000 ugx. I have not yet spent 50,000 ugx but am planning to spend on food."
Loyce's family
access_time 6 years ago
Loyce received a $448 second payment.
"I spent my second transfer to buy a bull at 1,000,000ugx, cow at 250,000ugx, and a mattress at 103,000ugx."
Grace's family
access_time 6 years ago
Grace received a $448 second payment.
"I spent my second cash transfer for buying a cow worth 950,000ugx, two mattresses at 240,000ugx, clothes costed 95,000ugx. I bought a bicycle at 140,000ugx, I gave a gift of 50,000ugx and the balance of 157,000ugx, I used for buying food."
James's family
access_time 6 years ago
James received a $448 second payment.
"When I received my second cash transfer worth 1,633,000ugx, I used 480,000for paying tuition, I bought a bull at 570,000ugx to help in ploughing. I also bought an ox plough at 250,000ugx. I bought two mattresses at 140,000ugx. I bought clothes of 106,000ugx, I bought utensils worth 44,000ugx, a hen costed 18,000ugx, a panga costed 6,000ugx and the balance of 19,000ugx, I used for feeding the family. "
Majeri's family
access_time 6 years ago
Majeri received a $448 second payment.
"When I received my second cash transfer worth 1,633,000ugx, I used it for buying building materials worth 956,000ugx, I bought a mattress at 120,000ugx, utensils at 20,000ugx, bedsheets at 33,000ugx, a drum at 35,000ugx, a sprayer at 60,000ugx, food consumed 50,000ugx and the balance of 359,000ugx is saved."
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