from jack...Maliga is a strong woman, and you can read that characteristic immediately in her demeanor and her physical strength. I first met her while she was shuttling 30 lb dishes of rock around the KC3 work site where she has been working with local contractors as a day laborer. She is a widow with 6 children (4 boys, 2 girls), and has made a sparse income of hiking into the forest to cut firewood or by hiring herself out as a day-laborer. She has lived in Kalavai since birth, and lives in a tiny thatched hut with her kids. “Someday”, she says, “I would like to own my own home.” The goats will give her a start toward that dream, and to taking care of herself and her children.
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