"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."

"My life is different from how it was four months ago because I managed to buy most of the things I could afford on my own. I bought uniforms for my children and currently, they go to school looking very neat. They used to have worn out uniforms which made them look very shaggy among their peers. I also have a big iron roofed house which I never imagined of owning."

"My life is now different in that, I'm living happily because I constructed a permanent house although its not fully finished. Currently I sleep in an old leaking thatched house whose roof was destroyed by rats. With the high cost of buying grass right now, I was worried of how to renovate it because I didn't have the money."

"GiveDirectly did so well to support me with money which I used for buying livestock, household items, build a house and feeding my household. In my community, Most recipients used their transfers for building houses and the village is nice looking with iron roofed houses. In my view, GiveDirectly has not done anything bad but everything went on well."

"I started building a house for my mother using my first transfers since the one she was living in was small and was in a bad state and the walls were threatening to fall anytime. When I received my recent transfers, I decided to spend part of it to buy some iron sheets for roofing. I also paid school fees for my sister who had been sent back home. I was not comfortable with the idea that I had some money yet she was staying at home due to lack of school fees. I saved the remaining amount so that I would use them collectively with my next transfer to expand my business. I believe that by doing so, I will be able to generate more income which I will in turn use to support my family's needs."