Ablaye's family benefited also from petty commerce and seeds. Ablaye's family uses 10 hectares to grow millet, bean and peanut this year. The harvest was very poor with barely sufficient food to cover their needs for less than three months. Ablaye and his family live in the same house as last year. For light at night, Ablaye and his family use a paraffin lamp.
Cooking is done on a traditional three stone stove with firewood or cow dung.
They still obtain the water they need daily from a fountain located 35 meters from Ablaye's compound. This water is usually enough to cover their daily needs all year round. Sometimes, due to drought, this water source does not cover their needs. Ablaye and his family still have a latrine which contibutes to good hygiene conditions. They deal with their garbage by making compost.