"I received a mobile money message at 22:00HRS. Part of the message read that I had received UGX 1730250. I lept up with joy and shouted on top of my voice because I had received an enormous amount of money that I had never received in my life."

"I felt very excited to hand such an amount of money which was going to help me pay off the debt I had and acquire household goods like chairs, tables and utensils."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to retrive the piece of land that I leased off some time back for the treatment of my son. I also hope to take care of the education needs of my grand child. "

"Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron roofed house. I have not been able to build one because I don't have money. However, I know the coming of this transfers will make this possible for my household. "

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is inadequacy of farm land. The available piece of land is small and yet it has to be shared among many households. I can not farm as I would wish to because of the limitations of space. This has always resulted into food shortage because I can only plant in small quantities."

"When I receive this money, I will pay back a loan where I staked some land as collateral. I needed money urgently for the treatment of my father inlaw. This has affected our agricultural practices because the piece of land we remained with is very small hence giving us low outputs. I am sure I will remain with some balance, so, I will build a low cost ironsheets house so that we also reduce the burden of replacing grass frequently."

"I was woken up by a message at 22:00HRS that night. my spouse read it and informed me that GiveDirectly had sent us money. I was very excited because this was a blessing to our polygamous household."

"I expect my life to change in the next six months in that I will have gotten a good harvest. Some of my crops will be ready for sale. I am planning to invest more in farming because that is the most doable business in this region. One can count to get profits as long as they use the correct inputs and plant in time. The crops that grow in this region are also in high demand. Therefore one can never go wrong with farming in this region"

"I staked some piece of land as collateral to get a loan for the treatment of my ex-wife. She was too ill and it needed alot of money to treat her and upto now I have not repaid the loan and my land is not yet regained. I even don't have space for agriculture because there is no land. So, when I get this money, I will straight away pay the outstanding loan so that I can have my land back and I start growing crops on it."

"The biggest hardship I face is my children are sickly. This has kept on depleting the little produce I realise from cropping. Iam forced to sell from my harvest to cater for treatment hence some times I find it hard sustain my family needs."