"The biggest hardship I face is inability to pay my children's school fees in time. My spouse gets salary from his employment but it is not adequate enough. This has affected my children's performance in class hence poor grades."

"Receiving this money means that I will be able to purchase oxen and ox-plough . This has been my wish for avery long period of time since I rely on farming as a source of earning. I will freely engage in earlier crop planting because oxen is an additional Labour force to facilitate easy tilling of land. Iam sure my family will no longer suffer much famine since it's possible to maximise production."

"The biggest hardship I have faced is lack of money to fully cater for my family's needs. I have hardship in paying school fees, medical bills and other basic needs of the children."

"I felt very happy when I received the money in my phone. This was going to empower me to achieve my plans."

"I expect your life to change in the next six months in that I will have saved enough from the sales of eggs to continue paying for my children in school. This will give me humble time to concentrate on other investment that generates good returns."

"The biggest challenge I face is lack of enough land to facilitate food production. I survive on the one acre that I own but it is not sufficient. When I add on the one acre, I will produce enough for sale and household consumption which improves on my food security."

"My daily life has tremendously improved in that, I sleep in a permanent house and feed well. Previously, I slept in a dilapidated house which almost collapsed on me and couldn't afford good meals since I lived in severe poverty."

"I received the cash transfer news from my daughter inlaw the next day. I was very happy and excited when I heard that I had received UGX 1730250 from GiveDirectly."

"My trustee informed me at around 22:30hrs that GiveDirectly had sent the cash transfers. I praised God for this opportunity. At my age, I do not work and I always hoped to construct a commercial house."

"I was woken up in the wee hours of the night by the loud shouts of joy from the neighborhood. When I checked my phone, we were consumed with joy and excitement."