My name is Christine Akai. I am 19yrs old married woman residing in Uganda, Eastern Bukedea with my family. There are 4 members in my family including me and my 3 children. I have been working as a peasant for years now as I couldn't continue my studies due to poverty. My early pregnancies made it very difficult to manage three children as I delivered premature babies and they are usually sick.

We live in a small grass thatched house where it is very cold and moldy. My children are usually sick as I am not being able to provide them...

My name is Tino Loy. I am a 20-year-old married woman currently residing in Uganda with my family members. My husband and I live in a small grass-hatched house with our 3 children.

I have been doing peasant work along with my husband but we are not able to feed our family. We cannot afford to send our children to school. Due to rebel insurgency, we have been facing a lot of problems. My first born suffered from pneumonia but with so little work coming my way it has been very difficult to manage all that we are encountering. I want my...

My name is A. Hagan. I am a 62 year old farmer residing in Ghana, Cape Coast, Odumano with 8 members of my family. Our only source of income is farm work and we have been struggling to fulfill the work.

As there are 8 members in the family, we need a decent amount of money just for daily essentials like food and medicine. Everyone in the family is working hard and trying their best to support the family. We have a small mud house where all the family members live. We have barely enough to feed our family. I am old and too fragile to work hard in the field...

My name is Ama Depkey. I am a 39 yrs old woman residing in Ghana, Accra with my husband and four children. My husband, Francis, and I are the bread winners and our major source of income is selling groundnuts and maize.

We have always lived in poverty, but we are doing our best and working on a way to provide a better life for our children. My main issue right now is we have been deceived by the landlord of our house. They rented the house we live in to someone else at a higher price. I had to leave the...

My name is Grace Aquah. I am 28 years old and have three children. We live in a small mud house in Ghana, Cape Coast. I was divorced at a very young age and left to be the only bread-winner in the family.

I am desperately looking forward to opening a business as a hairdresser. There is a lot of equipment needed to open a salon but I don't have the financial stability to do that. I have been lacking to provide food and essential clothes for my children. As the only guide for the family, I have been so fragile, mentally and financially, that it's affecting my children...

My name is Fatuma Najemba from Bukekete. I am a 30 year old woman and a mother of two children. The father of my children sadly abandoned the family. He left us with no source of income. In order to support my kids, I work simple jobs and try to sell food. I am currently unable to pay for my children’s school fees. It is tough for a single woman to manage everything. My children currently live with their grandmother in the village but depend on me for their food and necessities. I rent a place to live, but I am struggling to pay my rent and provide for my children...