"I used to just hear from people that they received money from GiveDirectly but I never believed until the day I got it, I was so happy."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I'm comfortable and at peace because I now have a house."

"The moment I received my first transfer , I felt very happy and thanked God for the blessing he had granted unto me through GiveDirectly."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I'm happy I do not stay in rental house anymore which was costly because I managed to complete constructing my house."

"Reveiving this money will help me to use for buying my small piece of land . So that I construct my own house since am single mother to copy up with New life."

"The biggest hardship I face is not marring my wife .much as I have stayed for six years with her but I have failed to get dowary ."

"The biggest hardship i have faced is lack of money to cater for my household needs.My husband was sentenced for 35 years.This has affected my household's way of life since he was the key bread winner.For instance, sometimes when there are no sales from our small bussiness, we end up going to bed without food."

"The biggest hardship i faced is when my first born child was born with abnormalities for example, being unable to defecate. This stressed me a lot until i had to sell off a plot of land to get money to pay for his medical bills at mulago national referral hospital."

"The most pressing issue that I will spent this transfers is to build permanent house. My grassthatched roof leaks alot whenever it rains and because of this ,my first born is always attacked by pneumonia and i spend alot of money on treatment,which I could use for feeding ,buying mattresses and bed for my family."

"The biggest hardship i am facing is inadequacy of farm land. Usually when i fail to get money to hire land for farming, i get less yields because i will have caltivated just a small piece of land. This ends up with poverty in my home."