"If I am successful to benefit from Givedirectly cash transfer program, I will spend most of the cash on my kid's education and the balance on foodstuff."

"My major challenge right now is the lack of food for the family, I have to work throughout the day just to have a meal, for I am my family."

"If I am successful in benefiting from Givedirectly cash transfer program, I will build a three rooms concrete house for the family and I. I will also spend some of the cash on my kid's education."

"We had come to a dead end as a community owing to adverse weather changes we have been experiencing for the past two years. It was hard for me to provide food and other needs for my family. We were only able to live day by day because of the severity of our poverty and the lack of employment. However, the entry of GiveDirectly in our village meant a lot to us. It does well in reducing the poverty level by providing unconditional cash transfers. As a result, there is an improvement in our way of life. Some children have re-enrolled to school as a result of the transfer. Some people who had goals they could not achieve have embarked on that. So far there is nothing GiveDiirectly does not do well."

"Depending on a rented motorbike can be the most difficult thing that one can face. This is because, with the current economy, it is hard to raise at least $3 a day without struggling. At times, it would leave me to go home empty-handed. I am married and blessed with two children. Upon receiving my second transfer, I opted to top up $5 from the saving that I had from the initial transfer. This made it to $600 which enabled me to acquire a second-hand motorbike. I am so happy that finally; I was able to realise this dream within a short period. This was not possible before because what I earned was only enough to cater for our basic needs."

"I am a businesswoman, married and blessed with four children. My husband does casual jobs that come his way to make ends meet. Upon receiving our second transfer, my husband and I agreed on using the entire amount of $550 of our second transfer in boosting our business, and then afterwards using the profit in buying other households item. This is because we wanted to take advantage of this season when most of the villagers had cash flow. We knew that we had a target market. This was not easy before because we did not have money to stock up our shop because of financial constraints. Our lives have been uplifted greatly, thus we are grateful."

"I am very grateful for the support that uplifted the lives of the people in our community. It has uplifted my life tremendously because I was able to achieve my dream of buying a dairy cow which would earn us extra income. Throughout my interaction with the program, I did not experience any loophole."

"The challenges am facing is majorly poverty and hunger and as a result am struggling to feed and pay fees of my last born daughter since the bread winner past on."

"Very many challenges. 1. My broke my leg in 2006,sought medication and healed though when I walk long distances and carrying of any heavy thing I feel some pain in bone. 2.I was born alone as child in my family and so sad the both my parents died. My father was from a drinking place and was attacked, killed. We found him laying after two days we discovered where he was but dead in 2021. My mother's dead just happened tregredly on 2014."

"As a home, my elder sister called Nasaga Dorcus got mentally heal in 2015. And even since the she live so isolated and lonely since she felt so uncomfortable to be among us. The same illness disturbed my follower called Wambedde Emma for some time, but now improving though it happens occasionally. Another sad thing is that our daddy died 5th July 2020 of an Asthma attack while he had gone to pay a visit to the very elderly sister but failed to meet her and this led to the arise of the Asthma attack."