"I have never gone without food ever since I received this transfer, I don't struggled for water like I used to during the dry seasons and I have a good house which makes me very happy."

"The happiest part of the day is afternoon, it's a time I go to fetch water and chat with people."

"The happiest part of the day is in the morning while Iam at the borehole fetching water. I chat and joke with my fellow village mates."

"I bought iron sheets for roofing my house worth 220,000Ugsh, I bought 10 bags of cement at 280,000Ugsh, I bought 10kgs of nails at 60,000Ugsh, I bought roofing valleys worth 50,000Ugsh. I paid for labour at 200,000Ugsh, I also bouth travel worth 60,000, Clothes for myself and children at 100,000Ugsh and 2 doors at 100,000Ugsh. Other kinds of Labour like carrying water, potters, feeding and debts 560,000Ugsh."

"My life has changed from sleeping in a water logged area to a water free area."

"The biggest difference in my life is that I am now building a new house. The one I have been living in had been debilitated - run down walls , leaking roof - and it was unbearable during raining seasons. I even had to keep shifting in the house to a better spot to avoid being rained on. There were times that water would even come out as fissures from the cracked floor because we live in a terrain that is susceptible to water flowing from the ground. During those times we would just try to drain the water out. My life is so much better because of Give Directly. I am now happy and stress-free. I can even see a cow in my compound and I feel happy. I feel like a human being too and I am grateful."

"The happiest part of my day is in the evening when my grand children fetch for me water to use ."

"I spent my first to purchase sand at 130,000ugx, 14 bags of cement at 420,000ugx for plastering my house. I also bought amattress at 110,000ugx, bed sheets at 18,000ugx and a water drum which costed me 35,000ugx. The balance of the money, I plan on buying some cattle to rear. "

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I now own a house which has a waterproof roof, I nolonger worry about the rains any more"

"I spent my third transfer on buying a she - cow which is almost reproducing , looking at it gives me the motivation to work hard and add another one through my savings . I also bought household utensils and water storage containers . "