"I will use the other transfers to pay school fees for my son who is currently in his secondary school. I want my son to have the best education because, for me, I believe it is the best that I can offer as a parent."

"My life has greatly changed because I have started transportation business. I'm able to earn in a good day between UGX 5000 to 10,000. I can now afford to provide basic needs like soap, food and treatment to my family. Prior to this transfer, things were very had in that, I had to look for casual labour."

"I felt very happy when I received the money. I have been living in poverty where by, I could hardly meet all my family needs like medical, feeding and clothing."

"Receiving this money I will be able to build permanent iron-roofed house that will provide comfortable accomadation for my family members. I have been struggling to get money through farming for building iron-roofed house but all in vain, so this cash I will spend to raise a comfortable Iron-roofed house that can take many years without repair as compared to grass thatched which is costly to maintain."

"Receiving this money means I will be able to pay my children's school fees. I have been struggling with a lot of difficulty on how to get money for Educating my children, so Givedirectly transfers is a blessing to my family because I will utilise the money on school fees. My children will have a brighter futures after completing their studies."

"Receiving this money means my self esteem will be boosted. I will buy cows that will act as an investment for my household. The cows will provide milk as food and some can be sold to generate income for my household. "

"Inability to construct a better house is my main challenge. This is because I stay a line at home and my spouse is in prison. I can not maitain the house because it needs a lot of repair which is hectic."

"When I receive this money, I will build a low cost ironsheets house. There is scarcity of thatching grass and the house I am living in currently is small and it leaks whenever it rains, which spoils the property inside the house. If there is any balance, I will buy oxen which will help simplify agricultural work and cut down some costs like hiring oxen."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is poverty. There is no money to facilitate my household needs. Due to scarcity of grass, I have always wanted to build an iron roofed house so as to have a descent accommodation but I have never had the capacity to do so. With the coming of GiveDirectly now, I believe my dream will come to pass. "

"Receiving this money means I will be in position to buy oxen for ploughing, buy beddings for my children because the ones they are currently using are really in a poor state."