Jacinta Wangari
Age: 52Number of children and ages: 8 children (34, 28, 25, 20, 16, 15 and 14 years old)
Job: No job
Jacinta is a single mother, as her husband left the family after Jacinta gave a birth to her youngest, and he has never contacted or came back.
Jacinta has been suffering from chest-related illness since 2000, which gives her breathing difficulties. She is supposed to go see a doctor every week, but she has not been to hospital because it is too expensive.
Jacinta’s second eldest passed away from illness.
None of her children have been to school, because they cannot afford the school fees.
Jacinta goes to her relative’s farms to get some food – mainly potatoes and ugali – and the family only eat about 2 evenings a week.
