Our family was famous for selling bananas since it started up this trade many years ago. With my husband, I was gladly sharing the responsibility of the household. My husband managed everything related to finance and the business. In return, I was responsible for housekeeping and raising children. The happiest page of our life closed when my husband got HIV infection. The fatal disease destroyed his body. He died later after a hard battle against the disease that had consumed us emotionally and financially. With his death, I lost the companionship and support I had.

 

I am now a lonely woman, with a bigger responsibility than before. Life left me with no choice but  to work to support my family in all possible ways. As an uneducated housewife, I have been working as a banana seller continuing my husband's trade. However, the earnings are very few. I struggle to secure food and essentials for my kids. We currently live in a rental house in a wetland and suffered both from a poor environment and landowner threats for us to leave the house.

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I would love to say thank you to The Africa In Me for supporting my family and in helping us get food and essentials. In doing so, they brought life and a candle of hope in our house. I owe them my deepest gratitude.