Helen Njoki
Age: 45Number of children and ages: 7 children (26, 24, 20, 17 and 13 years old)
Job: No job
Helen is a single mother.
Her husband passed away in 2005 fromcancer.
Helen’s 2 children go to secondary school, but Helen struggles to pay the school fees.
Helen gets some food from her farm but the family eat only in the evenings.
Their diet is potatoes, maize and Ugali.
They live in a 2 room house with a kitchen, however this offers little protection and they have to use a well for water and lamps for light.