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Aisha is sixty-five years old spends a lot of her time looking after Masitula -
her severely mentally challenged twenty year old daugher.
Aisha had some success at getting Masitula in school, but it proved to very difficult
as Masitula cannot a lot trouble even speaking. Aisha is trying to teach Masitula
some crafts such as mat weaving and basket makings, but Masitula really struggles.
She is unable to roll beads.
Aisha and Masitula household is a complicated one.
It is fill with various
children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews and cousins. Many of the children
are orphans - their parents victims of the AIDS virus.
Aisha's husband used to collect skins and dry them for a living, but he is not two
old. Aisha, despite being sixty-five years old, still digs the land. Sometimes her own land, sometimes others for some extra money. She also makes
and sells mats.
She hopes to sell many necklaces on GrassRootsUganda.com so she can send her children
and grandchildren to school.
Her greatest wish is to have a good home to raise her family in and that all her
family receives and education.
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