"The moment I received my money, I felt happy because I was going to cement and fit shutters in my permanent house."

"Through this financial help, I was enable to pay for a plot of land that I intend to move my home. I am currently staying in same compound with my married brothers and our parents. Our wives and children always have continuous arguments and quarrel that is starting to affect our relationship us brothers."

"The moment I received my money, I felt so happy because I had got money that I would partially give to my parents."

"I now sleep in an iron roofed house that I constructed with the GiveDirectly transfers. I feel good in this house even when it is not yet complete because termites disturbed me in the hut I was sleeping , it could leak and was almost collapsing."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months because I believe to have managed to purchase the heifer that I plan to. I also believe to have acquired most furniture for my house and so I will no longer shy away from inviting visitors to my home"

"My expect my life to be better in the next six months since, by that time, I will have completed my college studies and hoping to secure a job. My two bulls which I bought using the recent transfers will also have grown and they will be ready to be sold. I expect them to fetch a good price in the market by then. The money I will get will enable me to purchase a good dairy cow for milk production for sale. Generally, I expect my life to be much better as compared to now"

"I have been staying with my spouse for over 3 years without formalizing our marriage which was not fine with me and my parents. However, having received money from GiveDirectly, we were able to acquire 2 cows, 4 goats and UGX 250,000 to clear all the pending dowry. I am very now happy and respected as an official wife to my spouse. Secondly, I have owned a bed and a solar that I didn't have before."

"I was playing games on my phone at 5:00 when I saw the mobile money message coming. On reading it, I felt so happy. I could not go to withdraw the money on the same day because I needed time to settle my mind having received a lot of money for the first time in life."

"The moment I received my money, I felt very happy because I was to buy motorbike to ease our movements."

"Given that I am a single mother who stays with my parents, I feel the biggest difference in my daily life is the joy within myself knowing that I will be able to secure land for my sons (their fathers do not offer any support). Prior to getting this money, I have always (and still) survived with farming on land that my father had given me. This is helping me to meet my family's day to day needs and to a larger extent save up some money to add to my transfer and buy a bigger land portion."