“I have been selling tegalu [Tender Palm Shoots] for the past two months. Earlier, I used to earn a living by selling vegetables but moved to this business hoping I earn more money. The difficult task, however, is to travel every day from Nuzwid on a bicycle. But to survive, we have to do all of this.

After my two daughters were married off, my wife and I have only each other to rely on. We spent a lot of our earnings on getting them married and now, we’re trying to earn as much as we need to fill our stomachs and have a roof on top of us. Both of us have different stalls and we work hard from dawn to dusk.”

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