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DDamba stays with her husband and her youngest child (17). Two of her older
sons and their wives died of HIV and so is taking care of their children as well.
Ddama owns some land where she grows cassava, maize and sweet potato. She
eats some of it and sells some of it. She also owns a cow. She sells
the milk from the cow.
Ddama is also a trained tailor and often hires sewing machine to work with for ush7,000
($US3.78) a month.
Her legs are paining her due to the constant pedaling she
has to do on the sewing machine.
She also has developed serious nose bleeds. The doctors are unsure what caused
it.
The money she earns for sewing, and the crops she harvests from the fields, are
enough to give her family two meals a day.
She would love for people to buy crafts from GrassRootsUganda.com because it would
help her pay for her young grandchildren's school fees.
She would love to get an electrical sewing machine as this would stop the pain in
her legs.
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