"Before we received the third transfer we planned with my spouse that I'll pay her dowry with it so when we received the money I used it to pay my spouse dowry. I'm now happy, so relieved and I feel like a full man because I managed to formalize my marriage. I also bought a cow and goat for rearing as a future investment."

"I spent my third transfer on paying school fees for my son in secondary school. I am happy he was able to stay school. Were it not for this transfer, my son could have not gone to school. I am afraid he could have dropped out of school. The remaining I spent on buying a cow that I am rearing and this will help me in future in school fees payment when they reproduce as I will be able to sell them.GiveDirectly has saved me the hustle of looking for school fees."

"I used 30000 KES of my third transfer to pay college fee for my spouse to clear his balance so now he has the hopes of clearing his studied. I bought a cow because this was an agreement between my spouse and I so that he can use it in future to pay my dowry after he is done with his studies. I used part of the money to enroll my daughter in class one and used some of the money to meet my daily needs since my spouse is now a student and I'm the bread winner."

"I spent a larger part of my transfers to buy a cow for ploughing my farm.The remaining part of transfers was spent on buying wooden chairs and tables."

"I spent a larger part of the transfers to buy a dairy cow and calf. The remaining part of transfers was spent on renting a piece of land which I planted rice."

"I spent my third transfer on buying a cow for ploughing given that I am a farmer. I also built a house where my children could sleep from. They used to sleep from my father's house which was not good. I thank GiveDirectly for the money."

"I spent my first transfer on buying a cow at 700,000 ugx, doors and windows at 300,000 ugx, fire wood to burn my bricks, 2 goats at 170,000 ugx, and beddings. I have kept the balance for survival."

"I used my a larger portion of my third transfer to buy both a cow and a bull because I believe in future after the cow has given birth I can sell one of the calves to help me raise school fee for my children while the bull will help in ploughing in the future. I also bought a few households that I lacked in my house."

"I spent a portion of my third transfer on an ox which was to be added to the one that we already purchased using the previous transfers and used in ploughing our farms. Besides that, we renovated our house which was temporarily constructed due to shortage of funds. We therefore purchased steel windows and doors to replace the wooden ones that we had before. We also plastered the whole house which was previously made of cow dung and prone to damages by rain waters."

"I used my last transfer to buy a water pump that I use for horticulture farming. The lack of this equipment made work hard because I used to hire one from the neighbors and when they were using theirs this meant that I fetch water from the river which was hectic. I also bought a diary cow which is almost giving birth and am going to have milk for consumption."