If I could not have received the transfer my son could still be sleeping in a grass-thatched leaking house where he was being rained on

In my opinion what Give directly did well was by training people and this has helped so many people make the right decision and there is a very big change in the village. They were also dealing with people directly without involving other people like even government.

I spent most of the transfer on sugarcane farming by planting two hectares of land . Thought of this type of investment because it is more profitable and I am sure I will get enough money that will allow me do other developments. The remaining balance l spent to buy food stuffs for my consumption.

My interest has always been in farming. I have always dreamt of having acres of land to plant sugarcane. This has not been possible because I never inherited such a big piece of land from my late father. It was upon me to work hard and ensure I realize this dream in my life. When I received this transfer, I thought of building a new house and to leasing in a piece of land which I want to use to plant sugarcane. I believe when I harvest, I will have enough money to support my family and to buy another piece of land. I would not want to lease anymore but have my own. This is a process that will happen until I have the 10 acres of land I have always desired to own.

Receiving this transfer really caused a lot of happiness within me. After a long time in my life, I felt good. I have never received such amount of money in my life before. I looked to my roof and spoke to it saying the struggles are no more.

I spent my first transfer on leasing in one acre of land which I want to plant sugarcane on. Since I do not have enough farming land, this was the only way I felt I could invest this transfer. Sugarcane is the most common crop in my area and from experience, it has helped change so many lives financially. I too have always wanted to invest in the same since I do not have any stable source of income and casual work cannot support me enough with my family. I also used part of the transfer to hire for labourers who helped in ploughing my farm for planting season. I did not have enough manpower for that yet we had approached the rainy season. The remaining part of the transfer, I used to buy building materials such as iron sheets, timber, nails, steel door and windows which I have since used to build a new house. The house I had before, had a leaking roof and anytime it was raining, we had to gather our household properties to a corner so that they may not be rained on. At night, we had to be a wake when it was raining because there was not enough sleeping space from the leaking roof.