"When I look back and think of the life I was living before, I see great improvement. GiveDirectly has uplifted my living standard through the transfer. I now have a pair of oxen that will enable me to sustain myself by increasing food production through cultivating bigger acreage of land. Owning this pair is the biggest difference in my daily life."

"In the next six months, I expect my life to change because I will have two extra sources of income from the dairy farm and the poultry keeping that I am about to sart."

"The biggest hardship I face is lack money for educating my children. I donot have money to pay fees for my children studying in Bukedea secondary school and kolir."

"The biggest hardship I face is lack of money for paying my girl's school fees and buying a piece of land to farm. "

"This transfers i intend to spend on buying land for farming."

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is inadequacy of land for me to cultivate. "

"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is poverty. I do not have resources to facilitate my marriage and yet I would really wish to have a family of my own."

"Receiving this money means that I will be in position to build an iron roofed house. "

"My life is different than it would have been if I never received the transfer because I could not have built our kitchen. We used to have a single house that served as the kitchen as well as the living room. Accordingly, I am so happy that my family has adequate space that is marked by separate cooking and living houses. Thus, we lead a better life, somthing that could not have happened if not for the financial boost from GiveDirectly."

"In the cumming six months, I expect my life to have changed because I will have improved my home. I will also have increased the land I farm by leasing a parcel that will be used to produce maize. The crop will be for my family consumption. Having more land means I will be more food secure."