Marjeri Odur

Marjeri is a 51 year old widow. She has 9 children and she takes care of two of her grandchildren.  Currently there are 6 people in her household—her, 3 sons, 1 girl and 1 granddaughter. They live in a rented house in Njru. She comes from Gulu District and has been in Jinja for about 20 years.  She moved because of fear of the LRA. She cuts grass for income and more recently has begun making the beaded necklaces.    Up in the north, her family used to do digging, and grew  maize, millet, sorghum and potatoes. She works hard and struggles to pay school fees.