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Figure 1Mr Karifa's house in 2011 with the thatch roof.
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Figure 2 Mr Karifa's house this year
after replacing their thatch roof with a
zinc roof.
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Karifa Mansaray 2 and his wife Finahba
marah registered as new family farm program participants last year at Kalkoya.
They have been very serious and
committed to the program even though their family is one of the smallest
nuclear family in their community which comprises husband wife and four (4)
children. This is unusual in their community.
During our survey last year, this small
family challenged us that if we make seed and food for work loans to them,
especially the hybrid rice varieties, they will be able to repay their loans
back and from their profit they will change their thatch roof (house roof) to a
zinc roof. We wrote it down and took some pictures of their home.
Eventually, after harvest this year, in
March Mr Karifa bought six (6) bundles of zinc with which he successfully
changed his thatch roof to a zinc roof after repaying back all his loan to the
program.
Below is a photo of Mr Karifa’s house with
a thatch roof in 2011 and next to it is another photo of the same house after
replacing the thatch roof with a zinc roof this year.
Interestingly, Travis and I spent a night
in this house in 2010.
Submitted by
Abu M Jalloh
Field advisor, CRCSL Family Farm
Program
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