"The moment I received my money, I felt very happy because I got money for buying a bull which I never had."

"I spent part of my first transfer get back farm land that was given out in exchange for money to solve an immergency at Ugx 900000. I bought a bull at Ugx 670000 I spent the balance on household items such as bed sheets, food for children among others."

"I felt so relieved and happy the moment I received my first transfer. This is because at the time I was sick and needed to get treatment. Hence, it helped me."

"Before the coming of GiveDirectly, I was living in a tiny house and almost collapsing. I have been having the dream of constructing a decent one but I could not afford to purchase the resources. Therefore, having secured a spacious house has brought the biggest difference in my daily life because there's now privacy and I no longer worry about the rains."

"The moment I received my money, I felt so excited about it because I had never held such a big amount of money."

"I spent my first transfer for buying households items such as utensils, clothes, mattress and bed. I also spent some of my money to treat my wife who was sick at the time the transfer was sent. I bought a boat that I will be using to fish. I lastly bought an ox plough."

"The biggest difference in my life is that through this cash transfer, my daughter in-law who is suffering from complicated pregnancy managed to access better medical services from private clinics. In addition, I also acquired livestock which I intend to use pay as bride price ( dwory) for my daughter in-law. In the past, I could not afford to give her parents dwory or her medical bills."

"I bought oxen worth UGX 1,000,000 and rented farm land worth UGX 700,000."

"I spent UGX400000 to clear an old debt. I bought a cow worth UGX550000 and a mattress worth UGX100000 and a bed worth UGX100000.The rest of of the cash transfer was spent on medical bills and food."

"I felt so happy when I received the cash transfer. I had hopes of starting up an income generating activity to support me."