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Fainesi Thom Zagwa, 53 years old, poses for a picture in her field in Mtileni Village, Lilongwe District, Malawi. When CARE met Fainesi in 2012, she was caring for her three grandchildren and hadn’t eaten for three days. In 2014, Fainesi was pleased to be a part of the VSLA and was eating twice a day. In 2016, CARE learned that Fainesi had to spend much of her savings on sick family members. She says “Before the project, we wouldn’t count seeds. We would broad cast seeds. I learned to plant one seed at a time and 70cm apart. I get a better harvest now.”