"My life will be different in the next months because I will be owning a dairy cow. This is a good investment because my monthly transfers will be saved. Owning livestock in my community is a great step that will help me have an added source of income when it will start producing milk both for my family consumption as well as for sale. Besides, the beans that I planted recently will have already been harvested and if the harvest turns out to be good, I will have surplus for sale and hence my raise my income"

"My life has changed because these cash transfers have made me acquire more farm land. This season I'm sure of good security because I have enough cultivated g-nuts and cassava. Previously, I faced a challenge of food shortage in my home because I had a small piece of land which could not allow me to farm in large quantities."

"My life is better because I'm sleeping well in a clean permanent house. I can also afford to change clothes.Prior to these transfers, I slept in dusty house because the floor was not plastered and often I had to wash my 2 pairs of clothes everyday after bathing."

"My life has improved because these transfers have enabled me to build a permanent house. Now I sleep well. Previously, I slept in leaking thatched house because I could not afford to renovate it annually."

"My life is different in that, I'm now sleeping in permanent house which I built using the cash transfers. Before these transfers, I slept in thatched house. Thanks to GiveDirectly for making my dream come true."

"My life has changed because through these cash transfers, we were able to start a butcher business. On a good day, it gives me a profit of UGX 70000. I'm now in position to meet the needs of my family on time. For instance treament and paying school fees. Previously, we had no source of income and I was forced to depend on loans and friends for survival."

"My life has improved because through these transfers, my grand daughter was able to access better treatment and surgery for hirschsprung disease from Mulago Hospital. I am very glad that she can now excrete normally. Before these transfers, I used to suffer cleaning her up all the time because she would excrete stool through her colon all the time. This condition was direful and I would not have managed to treat her on my own . I am very grateful to GiveDirectly for the cash transfers."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to retrive the piece of land that I leased. I will also buy a cow so that I can have milk."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is poverty. I have not been able to complete the payment of bride price to my parents-in-law because of my situation. They have called me several times asking for dowary but I have always let them down. I am not settled. Some times I am worried that may be they(my parents-in-law) might at some point in time come and take a way their daughter from me. I don't want to lose her because I have seen how good she is to me."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to build my own house that I can sleep in. I share a house with my co-wife but this is very inconviniencing. There is no privacy at all. I am hoping that if I get this money and build a house, I will shift to sleep in it and leave children to sleep in the room that I am currently occupying."