"I want my children to get the best education so, I hope to become a successful farmer to give them the support that they need."

"I built my house since two years ago but couldn't afford to plaster and put floor. Therefore, I used the recent transfer to buy cement to plaster and laid floor in my house."

"My roof has been in a deplorable condition therefore, when I received this transfer, I decided to use some to buy a bundle of zinc to roof my house.I used the balance to pay my children school fees."

"RE " I spend the most of my recent transfer on paying people to produce bricks for me, because i want to build another house"."

"RE " In my opinion, givedirectly is doing well. I will advise them (givedirectly) to keep on the hard work. I am very happy and thankful to givedirectly for this help they are giving me. Without them(givedirectly) i don't know life could have been with me"."

"The challenge I am currently facing is that I have to work hard to put food on the table and also look for capital to start up a business because my husband is blind for now 5 years. This happened when he was diagnosed with high blood pressure and at the same time with diabetes disease. Before the incidence happen, he was a very hardworking herdsman with 4 cows. And he was able to sell off one cow and bought a piece of land where we are right now. I feel the burden of buying food , taking care of him that sometimes I am forced to lock him all alone in the house since there's no one to take care of him except me while I am away trying to raise some money for food and medication ."

"The challenge I am facing is the current hot season that we experience from the month of January to April every year, which has caused drought in my village Silayi in Butoto subcounty leading to hunger. It is challenging to because at my age I am forced to look for some casual work like digging in the neighbors so I am able to put some food on the table. Then also during the rainy season our area gets surrounded by water flowing from the the top making the ground in the house soggy making us live in fear thinking any time I and my family may be washed away by land slides."

"I want to see my life improve by engaging in farming, which will help me in completion of the house.When I'm done with my house, I won't be able to rent again, so the money will be used to establish a profitable business to keep my family happy."

"I bought cement to plaster my house and and also paid people to work on my farm"

"I hope to start up a new business in the coming year."