Annie Nenzhelele has been collecting baobab fruit for EcoProducts for a few years now. Last week when I was visiting her village she said that she has been using the money she has earned for building her house. She took me into her house to show me the bags of cement she had bought to complete internal plastering. She will use her next earnings from baobab fruit to complete the ceiling. Here is Annie proudly showing off her bags of cement.
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