Lillian Siamonza – Zambian lead farmer

Self Help AfricaGender, Zambia

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When 22-year old Clifford Siamatika completed high school two years ago, it was an important milestone for his proud mother Lillian. “I want all of my children to finish school,” she says. “Clifford graduated, his brother Ivan will finish in 2014, and their sister will follow in a few years.” … Read More

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The Tonga people of Zambia face greater challenges than most. Forced from their tribal lands a half century ago when the newly-built Kariba Dam flooded huge swathes of the Zambezi River basin to create the world’s largest man-made lake, the displaced Tonga were resettled on poorer lands around the fringes of the lake shore, and they remain some of the poorest and most marginalised people in the country.

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