She is a Victim of COVID-19.
Children and families in Zambia are suffering from the pandemic, but not in the ways you might think. Very few are becoming infected with COVID-19, but the economic and social impacts are devastating.
Haward: The Boy from the Jungle
“There’s a way in the bush (jungle), a way you kill, a way you smell. You wear skins and cover yourself in plants so you do not smell good to predators. If you are in the bush you must be wearing a knife, spear, and slingshot at all times. It is kill or be killed. I have watched many of my friends die, one by one, from wild animals.”
She Would Have Been a Child Bride
Esther in her bedroom at the Girls House of Hope Home.
Girls are the most vulnerable members of Zambia’s society. In Zambia, four out of 10 girls will be sold into marriage between the ages of 14-18. Every year of education reduces this risk.
