Pauline, A Dairy Farmer in Chipinge

“I almost cried with joy the day I received the Hamba” - Pauline Ndlovu

Pauline has 3 dairy cows and has had the Hamba since roll-out in Chipinge mid 2022. Before the Hamba, her journey to and from the milk collection centre took about 3 and 1/2 hours!

The milk canister is 5kg when empty, and up to 26kg at maximum capacity. Pauline’s route to milk collection: 7km across elevated terrain.

Milk collection is twice daily meaning she would have spent up to 7 hours transporting milk. Only 5 daylight hours would remain to do any other economic activities, carry out domestic chores and tend to her cows.

Now, it only takes her only around 30 minutes each way, and she doesn’t have the arduous task of balancing the canister on her head.

Further Hamba benefits: 
💰 Pauline also now transports milk for 5 of her neighbours and earns extra income in doing so.

🐮 She uses the Hamba to transport food for her cows and manure to the fields, saving on additional help she used to hire.

🏫 Additional income from the Hamba has helped her to pay for her children’s education tuition.

Pauline was featured in the iNewsTV Article by Farai Shawn Matiashe earlier this year “‘A lifesaver’: How electric tricycles are revolutionising the lives of Zimbabwean farmers” (read here).

Image by Steven Chikosi | Ashden Awards