Esina Mwango
Age: 33Number of children and ages: 4 children (15, 13, 9 and 7 years old)
Job: No job
Esina is a single mother.
Her husband married another woman and left the family.
Since Esina got divorced, her husband has never supported the family.
Esina’s children go to primary and secondary schools, but she struggles to pay the school fees.
Esina does casual work as a cleaner and receives some food from the houses she cleans.
The family eats about 3 evenings a week, mostly maize, potatoes and Ugali.
They live in a house without a kitchen, however this offers little protection and they have to use lamps for light.
They buy water from their neighbor.
