"I bought livestock @900000 ugx, maize @200000 ugx, household itesms 333000 school fees and uniform 142000, medicine 6000 ugx, soap 2000 ugx and saved 50000 ugx."

"The biggest hardship I have faced is taking care of my young family because children fall sick oftenly and the little money I get from casual work that I do can hardly buy them medicine and food at the same time a situation that has made us ask for assistance every now and then from relatives."

"The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving money from GiveDirectly is that I was able to buy medicines without any challenges."

"The biggest hardship I am faced with is persistent sickness without money to go to the hospital and anytime I get into my savings to buy medicine, I hardly remain with any money to buy new stock thus recent collapse in my mandazi business."

"I plan spend my first transfer on getting a licence for operating a drug shop which might cost up to 775,000 ugx. Then draw out the list of medicines needed to start operation. This is because being in the village where there is no proper medical facility, I took this as a starting point to practice my qualifications and help people around."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is having ill health, currently am having problems with my knees, I cannot walk long distance and I must walk to the market, yet the little sales I make are not enough even for food yet I need to buy medicine and visit the doctors for treatment which until now I have not been able to visit."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is being unable to meet medical needs of my children since most of the time they fall sick. And because of lack of finances we are not able to buy complete dose of medicine."

"My life is currently different from how it was four months ago in that, I do not buy maize everyday because I got a good harvest after buying seeds using the transfer. I also bought medicine hence no longer borrow from people to have them in stalk."

"The biggest hardship has been the breakdown of my motor bike and poor yields due to too much rains. This has strained my family since at times we lack money for food or even to buy medicine to the children."

"Failure to eat an average of 2 meals a day yet am supposed to take medicine."