"I hope to open a workshop whereby I will be sewing and selling clothes. Since I already have the sewing machine I feel it will be easier for me to run this plan. Also in my region, no one has ever come up with such an idea, and this gives me the zeal to start this kind of business. I believe that through it, I will be able to take good care of my family without straining or undergoing any challenges."

"My goal in the coming year would be to add a parcel of land and also initiate a poultry project. I plan on saving money from my tailoring business once it is fully operational and stable. I am so grateful for the financial support that gave us financial freedom."

"The organization is thorough and keen on details during enrolment. They ensured that they visited all the houses within the boundary of our village. I am forever grateful for the support that amazingly lifted my living standards to a higher level than ever before. Throughout my interaction with the program, I never experienced things that were not done well."

"GiveDirectly capitalizes on giving unconditional cash transfers to its potential recipients. Through this approach, all recipients always have the freedom to decide and prioritize how to spend their transfer. As a result, many of our community members prioritized areas of spending; buying food, building new houses, and taking our children to schools. The approach helped to reduce the burden we initially had, and life is relatively better now. In addition, it does well in follow-ups to help determine if recipients received their transfers and the positive impact they have experienced. So far, I have not observed what GiveDirectly does not do well."

"Currently am facing a challenge of water that comes from underground, it gets too cold in the house . Even our crops don't grow very well because of the too much water in the gardens."

"The biggest challenge is that the landslide destroyed my garden that had Banana plantations, coffee plantations and caliptus trees last year in October 2021in Nakatore village. So right now it's hard for me and my family to survive because all the crops were destroyed .We no longer use the garden because it's full of stones and water still flows through the garden. When it rains heavily the water comes from underground and it gets too cold which makes it had to sleep in the house and we fall sick on the monthly basis because of the coldness."

"I am a mason by profession though my passion all along has been farming. Due to the rising cost of living, I have however been engaging in the two ventures to keep afloat my income and provide for the needs of the family. We are a family of 4 and over the past few months, the cost of meeting our daily needs has sharply risen from $1 a day at the beginning of 2022 to $2 a day as of now. This made me decide to juggle the two income streams but it is so straining. I have to work for at least 16 hours a day and the amount of income I get at the end of the day is not encouraging at all. I would like to settle on farming full time for I believe that if I concentrate my efforts on livestock rearing it will earn me at least $120 monthly as opposed to the $60 am getting now."

"Here in the village the only thing that's quite crippling is lack of reliable sources of income. I have had to burn charcoal a lot to be able to even feed my family. I used to have a business selling fried fish at this village's shopping center, but a particular accident that occurred one day one day while preparing took me completely out of business. That day hot oil spilt on my leg and I got seriously burnt! I had to seek medication which was costly enough that it wiped out my capital. It got so hard feeding five children while paying school fees of $25 per term for two of them. My husband wasn't economically involved back then and even right now, he's a motorcycle taxi rider but using a bike that he recently took on loan. For this reason it's hard to get revenues because he's still paying credit company $30 weekly having given them a deposit of $200."

"Financial constraint is basically what I am currently facing. Considering my age of 74 years and also being the only one in the household, I have learned the hard way since I am forced to provide for my basic needs. This has forced me to actively engage in subsistence farming but due to inadequate rains, sometimes I get very little or no harvests. Getting food sometimes lies at the mercy of my good neighbor who provides me food in case I do not have. This explains how much I have become a burden to her and on some days, I usually decide to sleep hungry due to the fear of being mocked by my friends as a beggar. What a sorrowful life!"

"Imagine my children sleeping on the floor due to a lack of money to buy decent bedding! This has affected them since they can not enjoy their nights and also, has negatively impacted their performances. This has lowered my self-esteem as a mother and seeing them on the floor at night makes me shade tears but again, I am just helpless to them. Thus, I consider financial instability as my biggest challenge."