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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
John
received a $473 initial payment.
"When i received my first transfer(1,700,000ugx), i used it for purchading aggregates and bricks worth 180,000ugx which intend to use for building a Permanent house, I paid off the mortgage amount of 600,000ugx that I had borrowed for treating my child, Ipurchased four mattresses at 320,000ugx,purchased clothes for children at 260,000ugx to improve on the living conditions, I paid treatment bills of 180, 000ugx and facilitated the purchase of other household items with the balance of the money."
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7 years ago
Florence
received a $473 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer to buy a bed,mattress and iron sheets for roofing,bricks,plates and cups,I also bought for my family members clothes and then the remaining balance I have been using for feeding."
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7 years ago
Francis
received a $475 initial payment.
"When I got my first transfer, I bought a bull at 1,000,000ugx in order to help my household in ploughing for improved food production, I used 100,000ugx for purchasing amattress, I also used 100, 000ugx to purchase household items in order to improve on the living conditions and I spent the balance of 500,000ugx for purchasing iron sheets which I intend to use for building a Permanent house."
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7 years ago
Glades
received a $475 initial payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that i have become a happy person because i eat well, I stocked enough food for the family ,previously it was very had to get food because there was no money and most of the time my family starved.
I used to sleep uncomfortably on the mud floor,I did not have a mattress so I used a mat for sleeping,but now I sleep confortably on my mattress and a bed and I was able to cement my floor.
I also used not to have any source of light at night,this would make me go to bed early before it gets dark but now days I have solar light and I go to bed at will.
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7 years ago
Elizabeth
received a $473 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer to buy a bed and a mattress,I also bought a garden and I was able to buy grass to roof my house well."
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7 years ago
Bosco
received a $473 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer to build a house,and to buy a cow,a bed and a mattress,I also married a wife."
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7 years ago
Salume
received a $473 initial payment.
"I spent my transfer to buy a cow,a bed and mattress,sourcepans and plates,I also stocked some food like maize and cassava.
I have kept part of my money waiting for the next transfer to add and build a good house."
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7 years ago
John
received a $473 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer to buy a wooden door for my house,a bed and mattress,I also bought household items like plates,source pans,i bought a garden,clothings and goats,and the balance of the money i have kept it for feeding myself since i am old and i need to feed well."
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7 years ago
Yefusa
received a $473 initial payment.
"I spent my first transfer to buy a bed and a mattress,a cow,clothes,I hired land and I also married for my son a wife."
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7 years ago
Quinter
received a $463 third payment.
"I lacked most of the household items like a bed, a mattress and tableware; most of the time, I could beg for them hence neighbours considered me a beggar but when I received my third transfer, I spent on them. I don't ask these again from my neighbors anymore."
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