Ndikumana Gervais is a fisherman in Bugesera, Rwanda. He supports his wife and three children with his income is of about 1500 Rwandan francs per day (about USD $1.73). While his life is hard, Gervais is working to improve his family’s future. He is raising a herd of goats, farms a plot of land, and belongs to a village savings club which allows him to take out small loans.
Awoke Mose is a smallholder farmer in Work Amba, Ethiopia who grows teff, wheat, chickpeas and maize. He, his wife, five children, and his mother all live the same one-hectare plot. He saves whatever money he can for his children’s education. His oldest daughter recently graduated from college.
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