Mwamvua is 40 years old and lives in the village of Pete on the island of Zanzibar. She is married and she and her husband have 7 children; the youngest was just born last year. She and her husband farm grow pineapples, cassava, and mangoes. Toget.....
Nassir is from Pondeani, a town on the western part of the island of Pemba, just off the coast of mainland Tanzania. He hopes to become a dairy farmer. Nassir has previously worked as a poultry farmer but most of his animals died recently due to di.....
Rajab Mwinyi Simai is embarking on a new career as a butterfly farmer. He is 27 years old and lives in Pete, where he grew up. He is married and has a 5 month-old daughter. Currently, he farms cassava while his wife cares for their child. His inc.....
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 an.....
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.....
Sada is 59 years old and lives in Chanjaani, a town on the island of Pemba, just off the coast of mainland Tanzania. She hopes to become a dairy farmer. Currently, Sada farms rice and cassava and earns roughly $US 30 (50,000 TZS) each year. Sada.....
Sadi is 27 years old and lives the village of Pete with his wife and their three children, who range in age from 9 months to 8 years old. Currently, Said earns money from chopping down trees to sell as firewood and charcoal. He earns about 50,000 t.....
Salim is 51 years old and lives in Unguja Ukuu in southwestern Zanzibar. He and his wife have one son, Mansour, who is 5 years old. Salim earns about 20,000 (about US$ 12) TZS a month from selling the crops he farms--mangoes, citrus fruits, and coc.....