"The biggest hardship in my life is lack of a reliable source of income in order to enable payment of school fees for my children as well as meeting daily needs for the household."

"Receiving this money means that I will sort out the issue of dowery. I have not paid dowery to my in-laws. In our culture, a man is respected when he has paid dowery for his wife. Since I'm aslo riding someones bike as business, I would buy my own motorbike if I get a chance of getting the money."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to buy a piece of land and oxen that will support in cultivation, a motorcycle that will ease movement, household items and take care of the education needs of my children. I believe my household will not remain the same."

"My biggest hardship is not having a wife who could help with household activities. When you have wife, she can help you in planning."

"Receiving this money means to build iron-roof house for comfortable accomadation. Iam of advanced age with no energy to look for thatching grass. Also people have kept on cheating me all time I require assistance, taking the advantage of my age and ignorance. I sleep in a leaking house with all the property hence Givedirectly money will able me build a better house to accommodate the property and my self. I will have no more physcological torture as before thus my stay on earth is going to be longer ."

"My new goal now is to get a better business premise that will enable me to run my sardines and second-hand cloth business. I will as well as add more stock to what I currently have as a way of expanding the businesses. Currently, I run this business in the street which is not really conducive and productive in terms of meeting my customers."

"Receiving this money means that I will invest in to Educating my children. Iam going to pay school fees for my sons studying at st .Teraza secondary school. Their success in Education will be of great help to my family and themselves in future. I believe they will get jobs and help their familys economically , socially."

"Receiving this money means I will own a grinding mill which we shall use in order to generate daily income. The income generated will support in aging school fees for he children as well as meet other daily needs like eating. Currently, my spouse is concentrating on a small scale business while I engage in farming but it is not sufficient enough to manage the family."

"I had rented a house with a friend in town and depended on him for payment of the monthly house rent. I was not comfortable living in this state of begging in town. My dream was to have my own room to live in. My life is now different because, through the transfers, I have now moved into my own house. The transfers so far have enabled me to consistently pay my monthly rent."

"That moment I received my money, I felt so much joy mainly because no such money has ever crossed into my hands."