Mercy Wamongo
Age: 36Number of children and ages: 4 children (12, 9, 5 and 4 years old)
Job: No job
Mercy is a married mother.
Her husband works on a farm and earns a little money, but he uses his income for alcohol. Mercy suffers from her husband physically abusing her when he is drunk.
Their children go to primary school, but they struggle to pay the school fees.
The family gets some food from their farm and eats about 3 evenings a week. Their diet consists of Maize and potatoes.
They live in a house with 3 rooms and a kitchen which offers little protection, using lamps for light and water from a tap.