"My life is different in that I have built an iron roofed kitchen. I was living in a grass thatched kitchen and the roof was leaking during the rainy season. I have also bought a solar lamp and this has reduced the cost of buying paraffin daily and my children can now read in the evening comfortably. I am happy since I have acquired sofa sets since I did not have seats in the past and I was always embarrassed whenever I had visitors."

"My life is different in that I have enough milk for my family and no longer buy milk as I used to do in the past. I can thus save the money I could have used to buy milk and used to meet other family basic needs. I am also living in a decent spacious iron roofed house which can accommodate all my family members comfortably. I used part of my first transfer to buy a sewing machine for my wife and this has boosted the income from her tailoring business since in the past she used to hire the machine and this was expensive. She can now help me provide some of the family basic needs."

"My life has changed in that, I have gained self esteem because I own a permanent house now. Before, I used to share with my mother one roof which was very inconviniencing."

"In my opinion, GiveDirectly has done good to give me money that I used for constructing an iron roofed house and getting two acres of land. GiveDirectly has not done any thing bad to me."

"I built a new modern house that is spacious with plastered floor and installed with solar lighting system. I used to live in a single room house with leaky roof and dusty floor prone of jiggers and the lighting system was tin lamp that emitted dangerous smoke to the eyes and the respiratory track. My children find a nice environment to play, study and sleep. I no longer beg sleeping spaces when it rains that could eventually turn to be the gossip of the village. I count myself blessed among those who needed the help most. Thanks to GiveDirectly."

"The biggest difference in my life is that I got medical treatment after an operation. I renovated my grass thatched house and it leaks no more. In addition to that, I constructed an Iron roofed house on my plot. I intend to rent it out to students in a near-by school and it will generate income to the family. All these achievements have been possible because of the cash transfers."

"My life has changed alot because I now have a good bed, clothes and I have constructed an iron roofed house. I used to sleep on a very old mattress that was even torn. My sister used to give me her clothes because I never had my own."

"My life has changed in that I now have hope of shifting to an iron roofed from a grass thatched leaking house. I have acquired shoes, and a matress. I used to sleep on a slim mattress which I was not confortable with on a bed."

"My life is different now because I'm no longer sickly, being a widow this money has motivated me to work harder as it is a step for me to move to another level. Am hopeful of shifting to an iron roofed house from a grass thatched once am done with the construction."

"I spent my second transfer for buying iron sheets at UGX 150,000, food at UGX 230,000 and making bricks at UGX 200,000. I used UGX 20,000 for transport and saved UGX1,033,000 for constructing an iron roofed house."