"I spent my first transfer Ugx 1100000 to buy fourteen bags of cement, three trips of sand, one trip of aggregate, one trip of marram stones, paying and feeding labor that helped me to renovate my house. I then bought ten plastic chairs, water tank, a set of stools, mattress, utensils and stocked food stuffs."

"I spent my first transfer to book twenty irons sheets, and fifteen bags of cement. I paid Ugx 500000 to school as fees for my son. I am molding bricks that is almost totaling to Ugx 200000. I then bought a mattress, water tank and utensils."

"Givedirectly money has enabled me to put my home in the map of the village. After plastering, it has become visible, beautiful and strong. Before getting the transfer, the water could enter the house through the open holes on the wall whenever it rained and it was weakening each day."

"I now have good furniture which I didn't have before. The water containers which I also bought has enabled me to have a space to store water for use. Before I would use small containers which would mean that I would exhaust soonest and travel to fetch some every now and then."

"When I received my second transfer, I spent it to build a spacious house for my family. I settled on this since the house we were living in was small and could not accommodate us comfortably. I still have some amount that I am intending to use in buying doors and windows. Building this house will also enable me to harvest clean rain water for domestic use."

"Being a farmer, I used KES17200 on farming to improve my returns. I used it on fencing, buying of farm inputs and land preparation. In addition, I spent some amount on a water tank. I made this decision to help reduce the parden of collecting water every now since I have clean water at my doorstep. I spent some amount on family basic needs ranging from clothing to the daily household needs."

"My husband has been working as a water supplier but hiring someone's cart. Hiring the cart limited him from getting enough money after a whole's day hard work. The amount of money that he could earn whatsoever has never allowed him to make some savings so as to realize his dream of owning his cart. Having his hand cart after receiving his transfer from GiveDirectly is the biggest difference in our life. Nowadays he is able to give me 1000 KES per week as compared to 500 KES for our household use that he could part with before."

"My new goals for the next four months is to save money to buy water tank for storing clean water. We walk for a longer distance to collect water."

"Receiving this money will enable me to buy a 3500 litre water tank @ $220 for harvesting and storing clean water whenever it rains, which will bring use of contaminated water from open water pans to an end. I will also invest my transfer in buying a dairy heifer @ $200 that will calf in one year's time hence an additional income from selling milk as well as building up savings from the ksh 60 that i spend daily in buying milk for family consumption. I will then use the remaining part of my transfer to buy food eg. Maize and beans to sustain my family till the next harvesting season."

"After my 2 school going children have left for school early in the morning, I go to work in our 1 acre piece of land where we have grown maize and sorghum. I normally work there during morning hours and use the rest of my afternoon attending to other household chores such washing utensils, fetching water, cooking, among other chores. The happiest part of my day therefore, is in the evening since this is the time I am free and have time to chat with my family members."