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Recieving this money would help me to buy livestock such as goats. I would buy six goats which would cost me Mk120,000. I would buy goats because they are easier to take care considering my age and health which is deteriorating slowly and I would sell them to be able to provide food and medicine.
What is the happiest part of your day?
In the last six months, the thing that brought happiness in my life was when we had a traditional ceremony to cleanse my granddaughter who had lost her spouse last year. This ceremony is done to make the widow free to start looking for love after the mourning period is over.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The challenge that I am currently facing is hunger. Change of the weather and illness last year affected my farm yields because I was only able to harvest one bag of maize which was only able to sustain me and my granddaughter for a month. I mostly rely on casual jobs to be able to provide food for my family which sometimes is a challenge because of my health and old age. I am only able to earn MK2,000 in a week which only caters for one meal a day.
