"I spent my first transfer to buy a mattress, solar panel, cement, and the balance to pay school fees. "

"I spent my third transfer on cementing our house that needed to be upgraded to save me from labouring by frequent wall repair which is what happens with mud houses.I then bought seats and a table for 14,000 KES, and spent the balance on a mattress and 3 goats."

"I never knew that one day, I together with my household members would sleep on a more comfortable mattress and sit on a couch. This was not possible, but only through Give Directly that we can now sleep on a high density mattresses and sit on a nice couch."

"I spent my third transfer on buying a cow for milking. I never had any. I also bought a bed and some bedding. I was sleeping on an old bed with a mat instead of a mattress and spent the remaining on food for my family consumption."

"I bought bed 65,000 , mattress 95,000, curtains 20,000 , bedsheets 20,000, shoes 20,000 , the balance I am planning to access some gardens. "

"I spent my first transfer to buy one big bull,i renovated my house that was in a poor state,I paid all my debts that had accumulated.. I also bought household items like a bed,a mattress and bed sheets,sourcepans and plates."

"My life has changed because I used to sleep on mat but now I sleep on a nice mattress. I had no decent house and now I am planning to build a house."

"When I received my second money, I was able to purchase two mattresses, three pairs of bedsheets to improve on my living conditions worth 210,000Ugx, paid off debts worth 920,000Ugx and hired land for cultivation worth 500,000Ugx in order to improve on food security. "

"I spent most of my third transfer on furnishing the new house that I had constructed using my first and second transfers. Initially I stayed in a very small temporary structure which could not even fit a bed. I only had a mattress that I laid on the floor where we all slept. I am so glad for the house I own today, a courtesy of Give Directly. I also began a business that I currently run and generates me some daily income for the family."

"I spent my first transfer to acquire a garden, bought cement and sand, two mattresses, other household items like a flask, plates, saurce pans and the balance food stuff."