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Kauwa
landscapeCountry:
malawi
workOccupation:
Subsistence farming
faceAge:
35
workCampaign
Malawi Large Transfers
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What does receiving this money mean to you?
The cash gift will meant building a house, buying beddings and buying food. My family is composed of 4 people, myself and my wife plus two children. My oldest child is 10years whilst the last born is 3 years. Together we live in my wife's village where we build a grass thatched house. We had chickens and ducks that we started keeping 8 months ago for future use. The only financial source we have for the family is piece works and at times I act as a fisherman.i have a piece of land, which is about 1acre. From my village is half an acre and her at my wife's village we own half acre piece of land. My main plant is maize which we plant during rain season only. From those piece of land we normally harvest 4 to 5 bags of 50kgs. The maize usually lasts for 5 to 6 months. Due to that, I always buy food in additional to the ones we harvested. On monthly basis I usually make K30000. The money is usually spend to buy food. The cash gift will be used to build a house because we are tired of cutting grass every year for the roof. Hence I was to buy iron sheets. The bed that you have seen inside the house, it is not the bed I have always wanted, I want something made from timber. And lastly want to buy food to add on the maize I harvested as it was not enough.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I am always happy in the afternoon because there are a lot of funny things that happen in the village which are fuu.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
I did not manage to attend school because my parents were old that time and very poor. We were born eight children and am the last born. The time I was born, I found my parents already old and were being helped but older siblings. Due to that it was difficult for them to send us me to school as it was far. If I was to go further with my education I would have been a doctor's by now.