COVID-19 Hit Families to Benefit from UGX 36B Direct Cash Giveaways

A total of 120,000 families in Uganda whose livelihoods have been negatively affected by Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic will benefit from US$10 million (UGX 36 billion) direct cash transfers. The programme, implemented by GiveDirectly, a nonprofit organization that lets donors send money to the world’s poorest backed by the Ministry of Local Government is funded by the U.S Agency for International Development – USAID. Michael Kayemba, the GiveDirectly Country Director says the innovative direct cash giveaway project targets vulnerable Ugandans across the six newly created cities of Mbale, Moroto, Lira, Gulu, Kabale and Mbarara over the next three to five…