Feathered Fortune: Elisifa’s Legacy in Chickens, Family, and Community
Elisifa served as Emattan’s educational coordinator, working closely with the children in our programs — a role she loved. Her family’s roots run in agriculture: gardens, cows, and chickens have been a part of how they live and provide for their community.
With a microfinance loan, Elisifa and her family started a chicken farm, raising poultry that grew into a thriving source of income — high-quality eggs sold to local hotels. It was a venture that reflected who she was: someone who built things that lasted, and who lifted up the people around her in the process.
Elisifa passed away during COVID, but her family’s work continues. Her husband and children remain central to what makes Emattan possible in Tanzania today, and her daughter will carry the family’s chicken-raising expertise forward at our Kisarawe campus — a new generation building on what Elisifa started.
