"I spent my entire first transfer to pay labor and buy building materials such as iron sheets, cement, timber, nails, sand, bricks, and water that I used to build my house."

"I spent my first transfer Ugx 1200000 to pay labor, buy some building materials such as cement, sand, water, aggregate that I used to plaster my already existing house and buy food that fed the laborers and my family. I then spent Ugx 100000 on my children's needs of school and home. I am saving up the balance that I plan to use to buy doors and windows that I will fit on my house."

"Receiving this money means a new and much safer house for my family. Our current one is very old and one side has already collapsed leaving us very worried about our safety and health because of the July cold season characterized by strong winds. Secondly, we plan to purchase three indigenous dairy cows. With the constant milk supply, we will be able to earn some income from selling the milk. Lastly, we plan to buy a big water tank for water storage which comes in handy during water shortage periods such as now. "

"Receiving this money means completing construction of the house we are staying in. Currently, we stay in it but it is not complete. It does not have the varrendar in order to protect it from water and its ceiling is not complete. It will support in paying casual labourers for harvesting crops and also weeding some. We struggle a lot currently single handedly to harvest and it is very hectic."

"Starting livestock business, installing water pipes to my home and educating my children is what receiving this money means to me. Currently I am a house wife who depend on my husband's casual jobs yet his earnings are not enough to fully support our basic needs. When I receive my transfers from GiveDirectly, I am confident enough to fulfill my life dreams. I plan to use my first transfer to install water pipes to my home. This will help me to store water in my tanks and also sell to my neighbors, thus a reliable source of income. My second disbursement will be a capital to my husband in order to start a livestock business which will earn us more profit. This will enable us to support our children's education and also change our life for the better, a transformation that I have longed for."

" I am very happy in the morning because I feel strong after such a heavy sleep. This prepares me to face all my day's activities although they are very tiresome. Imagine uprooting trumps to burn charcoal or walking for over ten kilometres to look for water. These tasks are not easy and it requires strength and motivation."

"I have been living in a small, old temporary house for quite a long time and I have been planning on building a better structure. As if God listened to my prayer, He sent Give Directly with this aid. I am currently in the process of making bricks from sand and cement. Through these transfers, I have bought 23 bags of cement and a few tonnes of sand. I have also bought some pieces of iron sheets and all these are geared towards putting up a semi-permanent house. Now I am confident that my plan will come into reality. I am spending the rest of the transfer to meet my family's basic needs and other household items. Receiving this money has ensured that I am in a position to buy enough water for both our household use and for brick making process especially now that we have an acute water shortage. I am so proud of Give Directly."

"I spent UGX 600000 to purchase bricks and UGX 60000 to purchase cement and UGX 195000 to purchase iron sheets and UGX 150000 to purchase timber and UGX 200000 to purchase nails. I paid the builder UGX 300000. I spent UGX 100000 to buy water for the house construction. The balance of UGX 300000 I plan to spend it on finishing the veranda and purchasing doors."

"I expect my life to be different in the next six months is to buy a water tank. This is because during the dry seasons we struggle to get water and in most cases, we are forced to go for long distance to get water. I know when I buy the tank, I will never struggle again for water in the dry seasons."

"I currently live in a grass-thatched house which when it rains, the rainwater seeps through and we get rained on to extend where my important documents are destroyed. My goal, therefore, is to start saving some part of the monthly transfer with the aim of buying iron sheets to renovate my house with."