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Thank God I am blessed with house building skills, so first thing I plan to do is to rebuild this house of mine into a state that is durable and good looking. I am thinking of a new style which I feel you guys will appreciate next time you visit me. I will make this house into what we call a T-plan. For it will be an extension of this house, I feel like it will cost me $400 with respect to the current market price of needed materials such as iron sheets and cement. I believe this will bring me the satisfaction of a house I have always desired to have. Having dealt with that, I plan to venture into poultry farming, specifically chickens and ducks. This is what I plan to do with the rest of the money having completed the house project as a gateway out of my poverty.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I am generally pleased and thankful when I see a brandnew day in good health.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
Ever since my ex wife, Maria Sarifu, got hit with mental health illness back in 1983, I made a resolution not to remarry and I have been a single man all these years. Truth is there are days when loneliness hits me but I have no one to turn to. Currently, I am faced with two challenges, thus, poor housing and lack of food. As you can see my house is in a dilapidated state with porous grass thatched roof that leaks each time it rains. This brings me discomfort and restlessness nights. Additionally, at present I don't have any food stock in my house for I did not harvest even a single grain of maize for food from my 2 acres farmland last season, April 2022, because my crops were washed off with the floods. I am surviving off pieceworks and remittance from well wishers to get food these days.
