"The biggest difference is that I now live in a better house. I have an iron-roofed house and instead of a leaking roof like before I know have gutters and can harvest rainwater. This makes my family comfortable and that makes me a proud and happy man."

"I used my second transfer in buying a donkey which I currently use for commercial transport of commodities to those that are going to the market or drawing for villagers water from the far off rivers and streams. I also bought cows that will eventually give birth and increase my livestock ownership and produce milk both for family use and surplus for sale. The remaining part of the money I used in buying my family members clothes and food."

"Since I received money from GiveDirectly, my daily life has changed since I now have tapped water which I sometimes sell to people who do not have hence I earn an income through it something which has never happened in my life before. Piped water has also made my children to always stay clean for they do not go for a day without taking a bath and this makes me so happy."

"I spent most of the transfer to buy furniture since l did not have any thing to sit on l was only siting on water container. I also spent the transfer to buy dairy cow for my future use where l will not spend any money to buy milk from my neighbors. The remaining balance l spent to buy mattress for me to have a place where l can sleep comfortably."

"Due to the aid I got from GiveDirectly, I was able to acquire a water tank for myself. This has really changed my daily life since I no longer travel for a long distance looking for water. I now use the time I usually use going to fetch water in doing some other work."

"I bought household items at Ugx 205000, water Drums at Ugx 150000, Iron sheets at Ugx 530000 Labor for molding bricks and timber cutting at Ugx 335000, Food at ugx 20000 and saved Ugx 460000."

"The money has really improved my life since it has enabled to effectively boost my business of selling vegetables from my farm to my neighbours and also watering them is no longer a problem because with the small generator I bought, it now possible to pump water to the farm. To me this is the biggest difference in my daily life."

"I have been buying milk on a daily basis and this is expensive owing to the fact that I do not have an income and have always depended on what my children give to me. Whenever I do not have money to buy milk, I was forced to take porridge prepared from white maize flour and it's of low nutritional quality. When I received my first transfers, I decided to use part of it to buy a dairy cow so that I would relieve my children the burden of having to give me money to use in buying milk almost every day. Since I did not have some seats in my living room, I used part of the remaining amount of my transfers to purchase some seats. This will always make me more comfortable welcoming visitors into my home unlike before. I also used the remaining amount in the purchase of a water tank so as to use it to store water during rainy season."

"I have been buying milk on a daily basis and this is quite expensive since I am a housewife and I only depend on money brought in by my husband. This has been straining him a lot as he also has to pay our children's school fees and he does not have a stable source of income as he only depends on some casual work. When I received my first transfers, I used part of it in buying a dairy cow so that it will save us the expense of buying milk. I used the remaining amount in the purchase of a water tank so that I can use it to store water. This will save me the time I usually use going to fetch water daily as I will now be fetching it once a week."

"Buying milk has been a routine for me which has been expensive but I had no otherwise and so when I received my first transfer, I spared some amount which I used in buying a dairy cow for milk production. I am glad that I will no longer buy milk hence will be using the money to take care of other needs and I am also sure that my children's health will improve too. I also spent the remaining amount in buying a water tank. This tank will be so helpful to my family as my wife will not be going to river on a daily basis and during the rainy season as we will use it in storing water."