Alpheado and Anita Tanque.
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Location:
Mozambique, Inhambane Province, Unguana
Sector:
Semi – commercial farming
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Who are Alpheado and Anita ?
Alpheado and Anita in front of their house ..
Alpheado is 70 years old and Anita is 45 years. Alpheado and his first wife had 8 children and him and Anita 2. One of his children died when he was still small and another one died as an adult at the age of 30 years. This child gave them 3 grand children that are staying with him and Anita now. There are 14 people who eat from their house every day.
The family owns 1 cattle, 2 pigs, 15 chickens, 5 mango trees, 3 coconut tree and 100 Cashew nut trees. They have got 5 pieces of land of total11 ha of which 5 ha are de-bushed or semi de-bushed. 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.
Happy Story –There are many things that make them happy. The previous planting season was very good for them and he won 5 x 200 liter drums of maize, 3 drums of peanuts and 3 drums of beans. It makes him happy to see the children eat and not to worry for a while. Also his wife, Anita makes him very happy. He was very alone after his wife died and could not cope with the children, until Anita came into his life. She is a very hard worker and also gave him 2 more children.
Sad Story - his wife has been sick for a very long time before she died. That made him very unhappy. Also he himself is not that healthy now, and it makes him very unhappy to see Anita to work so hard and that he cannot always help her.
Never forget Story -When Alpheado started to become sick, his life changed a lot. He always had a pain on his chest and sometimes had difficulty to breath. He was sick for almost 4 months and the people at the hospital could not really help him. Then one day when he was at church, the people started praying for him. Their voices became louder and louder and later on they started screaming. He then started to cough and something like a piece of meat came from his throat. He never ate any meat during all the time that he was sick, so do not understand where the meat came from, but from that day he became better again. He will never forget that.
Dream for the area: Alpheado and Anita agree that if they would receive a lot of money to spend on agriculture for the area, they would bring in lots of cattle and provide water for all people. They would also clean more area for people to plant; some cattle must be oxen to help the people to plough their fields and it must be for free, maybe the people must only give food to the men who handle the cattle.
Their own dream: For themselves they would first buy more cattle, finch off their farm and then start to farm with pigs. They understand the concept of semi-commercial farming and would like to change their land into a semi-commercial farm.
Present income: They do not sell anything and cannot calculate an income.
Interested to look at their land on Google Earth ??? - Here are the coordinates:
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