Mwajuma has a knack as a businesswoman--in addition to farming cassava and yams, she earns additional income preparing lunch--baking bread and frying fish--for people in town who don't have time to cook. She is 24 years old and lives in Makanga.....
Mwaka Khamis Hija is planning to become a butterfly farmer. She is 36 years old and lives in Pete, a small town in central Zanzibar where she was born and raised. She is married, and she and her husband have 5 children ranging in age from 5 months .....
Mwaka is 28 years old and lives in the village of Pete on Zanzibar. She is married; her husband, Awilo, works part-time as a gardener at Zanzibar Butterfly Centre and has requested funding through 50/50 to buy chickens to help supplement the family&.....
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.....