Magdalene
and her husband Gamaliel and their child lived in a one roomed shark without
electricity and other modern comforts.
“I
still remember the worst day when our child ate a bar of soap because she was
hungry and we had no food. It was bitterly cold in June 1998” Magdalene said.
Gamaliel
had a temporary job as a security guard, but Magdalene struggled to find job to
do. In 2000, they were so poor that they often went to sleep without having
food to eat.
As
they were focusing on how to change their status in their life, a friend gave
them an old car to offer transport to workers. This gave them income and I
started selling chicken, vegetable and washing mini buses. We then managed to
move to a decent home in town,” said Magdalene.
They
then started a security company and in 2006 they bought their first four roomed
house in town. Their businesses grew and they could build more houses.
“Gamaliel
had a plan to own a mine” Magdalene said. Gamaliel and Magdalene visited one of
the gold mines back to their home in Geita region.”We visited the area with
geologist and decided to sign all the paper work needed to buy the mine, after
only a month we had a certificate saying the gold mine was ours” she said.
The
mine now employs 16 people.
Recently, Gamaliel and Magdalene bought a plot in
Upanga Dar es Salaam where they plan to build a glass house. Today the family
that had vitually nothing lives in a mansion and owns six cars including a four-wheel
drive Ford Ranger 2.4., two BMWs, two Coaster buses and Isuzu double cabin pick
up.
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