"The support from GiveDirectly has impacted the lives of numerous individuals. I reached a crucial turning point in my life when I was able to initiate a tailoring business. We are grateful for the opportunity to improve our lives beyond our expectations. The work that the organization does is a great job of uplifting the lives of the neediest in society. I have not witnessed any inefficiencies."

"When I was promised an unconditional transfer from GiveDirectly, it filled my heart with joy and happiness. This is because I am expecting my first child and therefore I knew that the cash would be of great impact to our young family. My husband works at the township as a laundry caretaker and I am a consistent farmer. Upon receiving the second transfer, my husband and I agreed to buy a dairy cow worth $280 to cut down on the cost of buying milk, especially once I put it to bed. I had a cow before but unfortunately, it died and I did not have money to replace it. I thereafter bought iron sheets with the remaining amount to replace the roof of my house which was old. I am so grateful for the support that has lifted my living standards and brought happiness to my marriage."

"To enhance the increased level of my family income, I have a goal of starting a new business. The earnings from my husband are low and insufficient to help us obtain food and pay my children's school fees. I, therefore, believe that by running a business, I shall have an additional income that will supplement my household's income. I have thought of grocery kiosks and other food-related businesses. They always do good because the food is always ready for the market. I am hopeful that I shall achieve this goal within one year."

"Currently am facing a challenge of water that comes from underground, it gets too cold in the house . Even our crops don't grow very well because of the too much water in the gardens."

"The biggest challenge is that the landslide destroyed my garden that had Banana plantations, coffee plantations and caliptus trees last year in October 2021in Nakatore village. So right now it's hard for me and my family to survive because all the crops were destroyed .We no longer use the garden because it's full of stones and water still flows through the garden. When it rains heavily the water comes from underground and it gets too cold which makes it had to sleep in the house and we fall sick on the monthly basis because of the coldness."

"I am a mason by profession though my passion all along has been farming. Due to the rising cost of living, I have however been engaging in the two ventures to keep afloat my income and provide for the needs of the family. We are a family of 4 and over the past few months, the cost of meeting our daily needs has sharply risen from $1 a day at the beginning of 2022 to $2 a day as of now. This made me decide to juggle the two income streams but it is so straining. I have to work for at least 16 hours a day and the amount of income I get at the end of the day is not encouraging at all. I would like to settle on farming full time for I believe that if I concentrate my efforts on livestock rearing it will earn me at least $120 monthly as opposed to the $60 am getting now."

"Here in the village the only thing that's quite crippling is lack of reliable sources of income. I have had to burn charcoal a lot to be able to even feed my family. I used to have a business selling fried fish at this village's shopping center, but a particular accident that occurred one day one day while preparing took me completely out of business. That day hot oil spilt on my leg and I got seriously burnt! I had to seek medication which was costly enough that it wiped out my capital. It got so hard feeding five children while paying school fees of $25 per term for two of them. My husband wasn't economically involved back then and even right now, he's a motorcycle taxi rider but using a bike that he recently took on loan. For this reason it's hard to get revenues because he's still paying credit company $30 weekly having given them a deposit of $200."

"Financial constraint is basically what I am currently facing. Considering my age of 74 years and also being the only one in the household, I have learned the hard way since I am forced to provide for my basic needs. This has forced me to actively engage in subsistence farming but due to inadequate rains, sometimes I get very little or no harvests. Getting food sometimes lies at the mercy of my good neighbor who provides me food in case I do not have. This explains how much I have become a burden to her and on some days, I usually decide to sleep hungry due to the fear of being mocked by my friends as a beggar. What a sorrowful life!"

"Imagine my children sleeping on the floor due to a lack of money to buy decent bedding! This has affected them since they can not enjoy their nights and also, has negatively impacted their performances. This has lowered my self-esteem as a mother and seeing them on the floor at night makes me shade tears but again, I am just helpless to them. Thus, I consider financial instability as my biggest challenge."

"Chamawa village has never received rain for the last three years. This has caused drought and famine. The community walks for almost 10km looking for water from the water pan. One plastic cost $.0.5 for the water pan. I use $3 every day for water expenses. I was family clothes once a month due to lack of water. This is an abnormal behavior but due to the water shorted I have adopted it."