Samaul and Cecilia.
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Location:
Mozambique, Inhambane Province, Pambara
Sector:
Semi – commercial farming
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Who are Samual and Cecilia ?
Samual and Cecilia and some of their children..
Samuel is 43 years old now and Cecilia 40 years . They have got 13 children and are a very happy family . They are hardworking and all of them stand together to go forward in life. They have got 13 dependants who eat from their house on a daily basis, but many times it happens that there is no food in the area and then they provide food for free to many people . The whole family is strong people , but laugh the whole time . The children are well disciplined and the younger ones go to school .
The family owns 23 cattle, 40 chickens, 2 mango trees, 6 citrus trees and 30 Cashew nut trees. They have got 20 ha of land, of which 10 ha are de-bushed and on which they plant maize, peanuts, sorghum and beans. They are very positive to work with AgriServi to change their piece of land into a semi-commercial farm. They work very hard and are a typical example of a family that can become semi-commercial farmers.
Happy Story –Rain makes all of them very happy. Samuel says that he find his happiness in his daily program and his work . To take out his cattle and to plough and plant on his field , makes him happy . He do not drink or smoke , but instead would sit around the fire with his family and friends , and telling stories.
Sad Story - the cattle that he love so much , are also his biggest frustration in life . They come into his maize and ruin his crop. Also cattle of other people would come into his crop. . The previous season was a good season and he made some profit with which he is now bust putting up 2 km of fencing to keep the cattle out of his crop .
Never forget Story - Samuel had nothing and was only working around the area to get food for his family , but when his grandfather died , he got some land and his first 2 cattle . That made him so positive that he immediately started working on his land .
Dream for the area: He would get water from the river to all the small farms or he would make boreholes to provide water . Many years are only dry for some short periods and if people could then give water their crop , maybe even only 1 or 2 times , the rain would be enough to secure their crop .
Their own dream: If he could get help for himself , he would first divide his place into camps and put fencing around . After that he would also concentrate on getting water .
Present income: They earn more or less USD 1200 per year .
Interested to look at their land on Google Earth ??? - Here are the coordinates:
( Only 20 ha of this piece of land belong to Samual . It still needs to be registered on his name )
P1 S21 54 05.2 E35 05 59.2
P2 S21 54 09.2 E35 06 18.1
P3 S21 54 11.5 E35 06 27.0
P4 S21 53 45.3 E35 05 57.8
p5 S21 53 34.5 E35 06 28.1
p6 S21 53 43.3 E35 06 36.2
p7 S21 53 50.8 E35 06 40.6