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Hajara is thirty six old and takes care of her six children. Hajara's husband
abandoned her and her family to be with another woman.
Hajara works very hard to keep her children in school. Sometimes it is just
too hard and the children get sent home from school because they haven't paid their
school fees.
Hajara rents a small
piece of land for ush10,000 ($US5.41) a month. She has signed a three month lease. On the land she grows cassava, beans and sweet
potato.
She uses all that she grows to ensure that here family eats at least
twice a day - usually lunch and supper.
Like nearly everybody else in her village of Naggalama, her family is ravaged by
malaria. Each of her children gets malaria between two and three times per
month. She cannot afford a mosquito net, or even enough bedding for her children.
Some of her children suffer from septic ulcers as well. She treats these with
tablets that she buys form the local clinic. The tablets cost her ush300 ($US0.16)
each.
Her greatest wish, like most African women, is to ensure that her children get a
good education. She'd like them to go to a better school and have a better
chance at getting a good job.
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