"I spent UGX 270000 for paying school fees for my child undergoing secondary education. The balance of UGX 1430000, I gave my spouse to spend on buying building materials like sand, bricks and cement, paying for labour and feeding towards building a better house for the family but I do not know the exact amounts."

"I spent UGX 350000 for paying school fees for my children in secondary education. I bought a sewing machine for my daughter who had finished a tailoring course worth UGX 750000 to support the household as an income generating activity. I bought cement worth UGX 300000 for renovating my house that I sleep in. The balance of UGX 300000, I am spending it on making a wooden door for my house, buying school uniforms, feeding and support in early planting when rains begin."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of money to take care of the education needs of my children. "

"I spent the transfer on purchase of a cow and two goats. Cows do well here and sooner it will provide me with milk and ghee. Milk is very essential in human diet as it is full of nutrients. I also intend to sell the surplus and save with an aim of buying materials to construct a separate kitchen. Goats as well grow very fast in number. I shall sell them on good market season and buy a bull for ploughing. I spent the remaining part of the transfer on maintaining my sugarcane farm. I have ploughed it and already planted. I hope that in the next one and a half years, I shall be able to harvest and get good some of money that I shall save for future education of my children who are still young."

"I spent the second transfer to build a house for my son who has grown up and needs his privacy. The house also serves as an extra room for visitors where they can sleep and rest. This has saved me a lot from the shame of begging for sleeping spaces for my children that could be the gossip of the village. I used the remaining part to pay for his college fees. This makes me feel happy and responsible as education means a brighter future."

"Tea farming in our small farms has been a practice that everybody aspires to be part of. It is the only meaningful farming activity that one can take part in here. When I got married and moved to the land about seven years ago, I found a parcel of an acre that was allocated to me to plant tea. However, I have to raise my own seedlings because is very expensive to buy them. My income was also too low to buy tea nursery bed materials. Cash from GiveDirectly came and has been the only large amount I get at once. Seizing this opportunity to plan tea, I used the last four months transfers to raise seedlings. I am so happy to have the crop because when my children grow up, paying for their education needs including school fees not be a problem."

"In the next four months, my additional goal is to continue to support my son who is still continuing with his education. I shall continue to save money that will help him as he advances with his studies. I believe that when he succeeds in his education, he will live a better life in the future. Moreover, when he succeeds to get a good job, he will also support me and the rest of my family."

"In spent the second transfer on purchase of a motorcycle that I use for transport business. As a young man with no proper education and skills, it was very difficult to get a reasonable employment. Motorcycle transport business has become a source of employment and income to me. I am able to provide for my family with ease as compared to tedious and unpredictable casual labor that I used to offer before."

"I have used apart of hee transfers top ay school fees for my child in secondary school. This is the greatest Joy that I get those days as another because my child is now acquiring an education that will is the only way to a good life in the future. I have a lot of hopes for my daughter. I was always unable to pay for them her but when the transfers started coming in, she began focusing on good grades and told me that she is going to join a university to take a degree. I believe her because she now has ample time at school and being the brightest, I know she will make us proud at the end by producing very good results. I also own livestock which is already a financial development that I am happy about."

"In the next six months, I expect my lifestyle to greatly improve. I shall have adequate food for my household members. This will give me an easy time not only to fend for my family but to support my children's education. Lastly, I expect to start rearing some livestock which will be a great benefit in the long run."