by sheree | Sep 30, 2019 | Malawi
Head of Household: Yolamu (21) Dependents: brother Gladwel (18) Challenges: In 2002, Yolamu and his younger brother lost their father to cancer. Soon after the burial of his father, the deceased’s relatives grabbed the piece of land which the family had been using for...
by sheree | Sep 30, 2019 | Malawi
Head of Household: Simeon (19) Dependents: brother Apatsa (16); sisters Liviness (13), Lyness (9), and Lusitiya (6) Challenges: Simeon lost his father in 2008 after suffering from cerebral malaria. The mother has tried to provide for the family by practicing small...
by sheree | Sep 30, 2019 | Malawi
Head of Household: Saimon, 21 Challenges: On a beautiful morning of 10 May, 2001, Saimon’s parents left their 3-year-old child at home while they made a shopping trip to Lilongwe, Malawi’s capital city, following a successful tobacco season. Among other things, they...
by sheree | Sep 30, 2019 | Malawi
Grace and her child in her house Grace’s house in Nancholi Blantyre ”My parents divorced when I was 2 years old, my father took me with him when I turned three,” says Grace Taulo, a beneficiary of the Methodist Church paid vocational training. Grace was born on...
by sheree | Sep 29, 2019 | South Africa
Today was our day at Mongena, which is a Safari Lodge about an hour away from Pretoria, South Africa. After the long week of work at the school, we were looking forward to the break. We had to get up very early as our jeep was ready to go at 6 AM. That is the...
