Widow · Nakaseke District, Uganda
Scovia, 36
Scovia is 36 and has been part of the widows program since 2018. She supports her family through farmer and casual labourer.
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- Work
- Farmer And Casual Labourer
- Micro-loan
- Yes
- Children in school
- Some, but not all
- Attends widow meetings
- Yes
- District
- Nakaseke
- In the program since
- 2018
Her husband passed on 7 years back leaving her in a rented house with 3 children, life was so hard for her. She started working as a casual labourer, saved money and bough a small plot of land and built herself a temporaly mud house where she lives with her children. One of her sons has a serious chronic illness that needs constant treatment. She borrows to cover his medical bills and currently owes UGX 300,000 for his care.
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