By Arkangel Tembo
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A small river is bringing smiles on Angella Alufaneti from Nthache Village in Mwanza District as she uses it to irrigate crops in her fields.
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After erratic rains this year, she has banked all her hopes on the river using a water cane to do irrigation farming inorder to produce enough food for her family.
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She wakes up early in the morning everyday to irrigate her maize, tomato and vegetable fields.
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Her only wish is for well wishers to help her with irrigation equipment since energy to use a water cane from the river to her fields is no longer on her side.