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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
Irene
received a $464 initial payment.
"I bought household items like mattress, bed, bed sheets, bag, clothes, utensils @659000 ugx, Brick making 200000 ugx, School fees 51000 ugx, paid a debt 85000 ugx, bought food @ 5000 ugx and saved 700000 ugx."
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6 years ago
Janet
received a $464 initial payment.
"I used to sleep poorly on a very old mattress and now i sleep on a new one. I also have a peace mind because i have bought my bricks and soon i will be constructing my house."
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6 years ago
Jane
received a $464 initial payment.
"I have spent my first transfer to top up for motorbike for transportation and at same time business at 1,500,000ugx,bought household goods mattress at 150,000ugx and clothes at 50,000ugx."
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6 years ago
Joyce
received a $464 initial payment.
"I have spent my transfer to purchase mattress at 140,000ugx,curtain at 18,000ugx,2 pairs of bed sheet at 24,000ugx,clothes at 13,000ugx,paid school fees for 2 children at 1,500,000ugx and treatment at 5,000ugx."
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6 years ago
Naome
received a $464 initial payment.
"I have spent my first transfer to buy clothes at 60,000ugx,mattress at 60,000ugx,bed sheets 2 pairs at 50,000ugx,back bag at 60,000ugx ,hand bag 45,000ugx,mosquito net at 8000ugx,paid for job at 780,000ugx,saved 200,000ugx,transport 56,000ugx,rent 120,000ugx, food and air at 60,000ugx and bought other items she does not remember."
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6 years ago
Alice
received a $464 initial payment.
"Happiness is a biggest change in my life, I used to sleep down but now i'm sleeping on a bed and a new mattress and bed sheets. I was also able to seek for treatment otherwise i would be alive to-date."
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6 years ago
Alfred
received a $464 initial payment.
"I have spent my first transfer to purchase Livestock (bull) at 650,000ugx,clothes at 200,000ugx,solar system at 80,000ugx,mattress 110,000ugx,shoes at 30,000ugx,phone for my wife at 50,000ugx,memory card at 20,000ugx. The balance of 490,000ugx plan to buy clothes for my wife and the child."
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6 years ago
Gladys
received a $464 initial payment.
"I used my first transfer for paying tuition worth 900,000ugx. I also bought a blanket, a pair of bedsheets, a mattress, clothes and started a small scale business all totalling to 800,000ugx."
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6 years ago
Florence
received a $464 initial payment.
"I have spent my first transfer to pay school fees for my 2 children at 200,000ugx,bought household goods (mattress at 150,000ugx ,bed sheets at 20,000ugx, blanket at 10,000ugx,curtain at 7000ugx utensils at 18,000ugx,bought clothes at 31,000ugx,solar at 140,000ugx .The balance of the money 1,124,000ugx I plan to deposit for a plot of land."
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6 years ago
Mary
received a $464 initial payment.
"When I received my first cash transfer worth 1,700,000ugx, I bought a mattress and bedsheets worth 120,000ugx in order to improve on my living conditions, I bought a bull worth 900,000ugx to support me in opening up land for cultivation, bought a bag of ground nuts worth 70,000ugx since I had not cultivated during the first rains. The balance of 610,000ugx, I am using for treatment since I have a gynochological problem that has persisted for long."
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