"I plan to spend Givedirectly money for building iron-roofed house in my village. Iam soon retiring from civil service but I have no home to settle. I have been wondering on how to build a house since my spouse abandoned me with the children. This house will give me better relief of retirement."

"My life is different now, I have my cows and I sleep well on a bed, mattress and in an iron roofed house. I feel stronger and I know I will leave longer, I am very happy with my property. Previously, I did not have hope of life, I offered casual labour on a daily basis in order to survive and I was gradually weakening."

"My life is better, I now sleep in an iron roofed house, I enjoy cleaning the cemented floor because I just mop it unlike before when I could smear the floor of my hut with cow dug and replace thatch for the roof yearly."

"My life is good now, my heart is relaxed, I have peace of mind because I paid my children's school fees. I bought a piece of land and I have saved money in form of livestock which I hope to sell in future and construct an iron roofed house. Previously, I was doing business but the money I got was not enough to handle all the expenses that I had. I am so happy to GiveDirectly because they have uplifted families and children' s education. May God increase in GiveDirectly the grace to help those who have not got any help of this kind before."

"Receiving this money means a lot in that I will be to build a simple iron sheet roofed house and take break from annually changing grass of my hut to which the termites always cause damage. In addition, I am able to get better medical treatment for breaks cancer that has affected my life."

"I had lived in a pitiable condition under an old weak rusty iron sheet roofed structure. I used to be rained on every time it rained since it was leaking all over. The structure was at risk of collapsing in case of heavy rain a situation that had stressed me a lot and the presence of maggots feeding on my bodies like we were corpse made me feel miserable because there nothing much I could do from the little finances I had . I wished I could change it but I couldn't due to scarce resources thus I just lived at the mercy of the lord. Currently, my life has greatly changed because using these transfers, I got an opportunity to build a new house hence I am relieved from the burden of getting my clothes and bedding soaked due to the leaking roof in case of rains. Living in this decent house to me is the biggest difference in my daily life and I thank GiveDirectly."

"I spent my second transfer Ugx 1000000 pay up a tution debt for my child who is in teacher's training school. I then used Ugx 600000 to book the timber I plan to use for roofing my house. I spent the balance on personal effects. "

"Through this financial support I have been in position to continue with the construction of our commercial house that had stopped due to limited funds. I have already acquired the needed iron sheets for roofing, I believe next year the house will be complete because I would have got some money for finishing when I sell the bricks that I am making now. Secondly, I was able to settle the debts I had incurred for building. Once the house is complete, I expect to operate a business on my side and sleep on the other side which will relieve me from the burden of renovating my current hut."

"I spent part of my first transfer on buying pieces of iron sheets, building poles, nails and timber in order to renovate my house which was almost collapsing, its roof was leaking during rains. It was also not spacious enough to accommodate us all of which forced some of my children to sleep at my neighbor's houses at night. I managed to rebuild it and built an extension to make it more spacious and currently, I am living comfortably with my family. I also used to own a pair of oxen which helped a lot in ploughing my farm timely and even for my neighbors' farms at a fee, but I later on sold them to sort out some financial problems I was facing. Thus on receiving this transfer, I bought a new pair of oxen, which I am looking forward to use it to improve on my farming again. Apart from these, I also spent a portion of the money to pay for my sons' school fees who is currently in high school. He had been staying home for about two weeks due to the fee arrears. I am now at peace that he is comfortable in school. I spent the remaining amount to purchase daily foodstuffs for my family and some other household items."

"My desire has been to construct a decent house for my family. After separating with my husband 5 years ago, I was forced to return to my maternal home since then and I have not been able to construct my own house due to inadequate financial resources. Currently, I am living with my children in the same room with my mother. Receiving this money means building my own house since I am planning to spend 200 dollars to build a one-roomed iron-roofed house for my family. I will also use the remaining amount to educate my firstborn who completed primary and is about to join secondary school next year."