Florence Anywar

Anywar lives in Walukuba West. There are 10 people in the household including her husband, 6 of her own children ranging from 6 to 22. In addition, there are 2 orphans, both girls who are her sisters’ children. Her sisters died. One was killed by the rebels and one died of AIDS.They are renting: 1 large room and 1 small room. Her husband does occasional contract work building houses. There’s no work for her so she has been making beads. They eat every 2 or 3 days.They have been in Jinja since 1991. They were originally from Gulu town but moved because of the war. They had ancestral lands there and grew their own food.Florence struggles to keep her children in school, and they are often sent home. They have no land and only survive with the money she makes beading. She wants a better life for her family.