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.....
Salima currently works as a teacher in Pondeani, a town on the western part of the island of Pemba, just off the coast of mainland Tanzania. She hopes to become a dairy farmer, for additional income and because she will have to retire in two years on.....
Siyangu is hoping to become a dairy farmer. She is 20 years old and lives in Makangale, in the northern part of the island of Pemba, just off the coast of mainland Tanzania. Siyangu is not married and currently earns her living farming yams and cas.....
Subira is 42 years old and lives in the village of Pete on Zanzibar. She is married and she and her husband have seven children. Both Subira and her husband make their living as farmers and together they earn about 50,000 TZS (US$ 30) each month.
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Suleiman is 24 Years old and lives in the village of Pete in central Zanzibar, where he was born. He is married and he and his wife have two children, a 4 year-old and a 2 year-old. Right now, Suleiman earns money from two lines of work. First, he.....
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.....