"I am planning to buy a dairy cow for rearing. I want to increase the amount of milk that I sellb in order to improve the income from it. The cow will also reproduce and in the future I am sure I will have a herd of cattle just like my neighbors."

"I plan to buy a cow in the next four months. I really hope for this future where I earn an income from the milk."

"my goals in the next four months are to start saving money through mobile banking and then from then use the amount ti have saved I start a maize selling maize selling business. I am also part of a table banking group and through it bought a cow which going to give birth really soon and I m expecting over 4 liters of milk which through selling it i will have extra income for my family."

"I have always wanted to be a large scale poultry farmer.Poultry farming does very well in this place due to favourable weather conditions.I have not been able to achieve this because of funds.I do not have a stable source of income because am a casual labourer.What I get is barely enough to provide basic needs for my family.Receiving this money means that I will not only be able to achieve my dream of starting a poultry farm but will also enable me to buy a dairy cow with part of the transfer"

"The new or additional goal for my life for the next four months is that of acquiring an additional piece of land. With the significant savings that we currently make, I strongly believe that we shall have fully paid the required amount of money and secure the land. We have been residing and farming in a relatively congested farm. As a result, we could raise a limited number of cows and plant small acreage of land. Subsequently, inadequacy of food as been a norm in our family. Hence, the additional farmland is vital for the growth and expansion of our farming practices."

"When I received my first transfers, I spared some amount and used them to pay school fees for my children who are in high school. I did not want the pressure of looking for money to use in paying their fees to overwhelm me when the school opens. I used the remaining amount in buying some timber, barbed wire and nails which I used in fencing my farm where I have planted my animal feeds. Some timber remained which I am planning to use them in constructing a cowshed."

"My life is now different in that I now own cattle again. I never imagined I would own cattle again in my home. I had exhausted all the money I received after selling the remaining two cows I had. I only depended on burning and selling charcoal; which was not giving back very good money. I am grateful to Give Directly that I now have cattle again."

"I bought cows with a portion of the money for rearing so that in the future after they have given birth I'll be able to get enough milk for family consumption. With this, I won't be spending on milk which is so expensive, yet I do not have a stable source of income. Secondly, both my spouse and I have skills in sewing, but we only had one sewing machine. This limited us and in most cases, we couldn't serve our customers on time. I, therefore, bought an extra sewing machine to add to the one we owned. In addition to that, I had a child who was to join preschool so used part of the money to enroll her in school."

"I spent UGX 350,000 for buying a cow which will facilitate milk production in the future. I bought bedding worth UGx 182,000 and clothes worth UGX 70,000. The balance of UGX 1,098,000, I have spent it on buying building materials like iron sheets, ventilators, whoop irons, nails, timber, not forgetting transport for the same items, all this is geared towards constructing a permanent house."

"I spent my second transfer to buy a cow, bought more household items needed, hired cultivation land, used some to burn bricks and saved some."