Mapuranga spends most of his time at home, tending a tiny vegetable garden that is the family's main source of food. His mother ekes out a living traveling to South Africa to sell things like stone carvings and brooms on the streets, a trade also badly hit by the pandemic. 
Nthawi yambili ya Mapuranga amakhala ku nyumba, kusamalira kadimba ka masamba komwe banja lakwawo limapezerapo chakudya. Mayi ake amazithandizira mmoyo wawo popita ku dziko la South AFRICA kukagulitsa ziboliboli. Ndi masache mmiseu, amodzi a malonda omwe akhudzidwa kwambili ndi mliliwu.