Asha is 25 years old and has already shown her entreprenurial abilities--she works making soaps out of cloves and other herbs, which she sells locally. She also grows yams and cassava to support herself. Through her work, Asha earns about $US 125 (200,000 TZS) each year. Asha is not married and lives in Makangale in northern Pemba, off the coast of mainland Tanzania.
...Raya lives in Makangale on the island of Pemba, off the coast of mainland Tanzania, and is hoping to become a dairy farmer. She is 30 years old married with 5 children ranging in age from 3 to 14 years. She currently farms yams and cassava, earning about US$ 50 (80,000 TZS) each year in addition to the US$ 950 (TZS 1,500,000) salary her husband earns as a teacher.
...Mjachwe is a cassava and yam farmer who is hoping to help open a dairy in Makangale, where she lives in northern Pemba off the coast of mainland Tanzania. She is 38 years old and originally from the town of Maziwa Ng'ombe. She is married and she and her husband have 5 children ranging in age from 8 to 18 years old. Her husband also farms and together they earn US$ 60 to 125 (100,000-200,000 TZS) each year.
...Ramadhani works as a roof builder in Chanjaani, a town in central Pemba off the coast of mainland Tanzania. He is hoping to become a dairy farmer and will use his construction skills to help build a shed for the cattle. Ramadhani is 40 years old and married with 3 children ranging in age from 8 to 13 years. He currently earns roughly $US 125 (200,000 TZS) each year.
...Amina is 30 years old and would like to become a dairy farmer. She lives in Chanjaani, a town on the island of Pemba, just off the coast of mainland Tanzania. Amina is originally from the town of Wete and is married with three children, ranging in age from 2 to 8 years old. Currently, Amina is not working; her husband farms bananas, yams, and cassava, earning the family roughly $US 125 (200,000 TZS) each year.
...Batuli is 41 years old and works as a rice farmer in Chanjaani, a town on the island of Pemba, just off the coast of mainland Tanzania. She hopes to become a dairy farmer. Batuli is married with six children, ranging in age from 12 to 18 years old. Her husband works as a tailor and together they earn about US$ 95 (TZS 150,000) each year.
...Sumcho lives in the town of Begana, about 15km north of Bhutan\'s capital city of Thimphu, and hopes to open a small shop with her sister selling toys, sweets, and household items. Sum was born in 1981 in the eastern Bhutanese city of Tashigong. She has one child, a four-year old son.
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