Sirjeff Denis feeds chickens in Ukonga, Dar es Salaam. PHOTO | OMAR FUNGO
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But the 22-year-old, third year student of petroleum chemistry is different from his colleagues.
Jeff, as he usually likes to be called, was raised in a very challenging environment that forced him to start engaging in income-generating actitivies when he was a boy. “When I was in Standard One at Gongo la Mboto Jeshini Primary School in Ukonga in 2001, I used to catch fish at the nearest ponds for consumption at home,” he recalls.
