Meet the families we are building for this year

Family No 1

 

A 53-year old single Mother taking care of three children.  One being her own daughter, and two her grandchildren; her daughter’s children.  Her daughter separated from her partner six years ago

 

They currently reside in a very dilapidated house that leaks so much during rainy season. The house is thatched with grass and has poor ventilation and a substandard latrine. Sleeping during rainy season is a miserly because the family remain sleepless until the rains stop.


“We find it very difficult to sleep during rainy season because the house leaks almost everywhere.” she explains


She earns a living through piece works like farming in other people’s fields so that she can get paid and buy some basic needs for the children she is looking after.

Family No 2

A single Mother who divorced over two years ago and was left with five children to care for.  She finds it very tough to look after these children as they currently live in a house that has numerous problems.  The house leaks during the rainy season, has poor ventilation and is very small for them all to live in.   This is because the house is thatched with grass and it was built with green bricks. 

“I wish I could have a better house that leaks no more but it is difficult to have it due to my level of earnings” she explains

She earns a living through piece works, her earnings are not enough to take care of the entire family.

She uses a poor conditioned latrine that belongs to the surrounding relatives.