"Sugar cane takes around 8 months to mature and be ready for the markets. I cannot really say I have started seeing the benefits as it is still soon but, I am positive that in the next six months, my daily life shall have changed a lot with the profits I will be making. My family life will improve too."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is the presence of sufficient foodstuff in our household. We used to go without taking tea but nowadays we milk our own cows and make tea whenever we feel like taking it. Our past life was routinely made of two meals - a little lunch and supper - to perpetually take us to the next day but thanks to GiveDIrectly for changing things now that we are swimming in the comfort of three heavy meals per day."

"In the next six months l expect to have saved some money to pay school fee for my grandchildren."

"In the next six months l expect to have started business of hiring plastic chairs to villages."

"In the next six months l expect to have built for my son house and he should have a place to sleep in."

"In the next six months expect to have started plastering my house."

"In the next six months l expect to have started my business of barbershop and saving for my collage fee."

"In the next six months l expect to buy for all my children very decent clothes, because since l started receiving money l have never bought them anything."

"In the next six months l am planing to start saving to plaster my house."

"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."