{"id":12888,"date":"2019-02-25T11:30:01","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T11:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/?p=12888"},"modified":"2019-04-01T12:10:18","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T11:10:18","slug":"widow-rebuilds-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/widow-rebuilds-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Widow rebuilds life after tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maimuna is no stranger to tragedy. She lost her home, her farm, her livelihood.\u00a0 A number of years ago she lost her husband.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/international-womans-day.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12994 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/international-womans-day-300x89.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"89\" srcset=\"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/international-womans-day-300x89.png 300w, https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/international-womans-day-768x229.png 768w, https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/international-womans-day-100x30.png 100w, https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/international-womans-day-877x261.png 877w, https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/international-womans-day-400x119.png 400w, https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/international-womans-day.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>One of the many victims of a decade of devastation that followed the occupation by Joseph Kony\u2019s Lord\u2019s Resistance Army of north-western Uganda, Maimuna spent over four years taking refuge in an internal displacement camp. While there she was raped, and contracted HIV.<\/p>\n<p>Camp life was tough. Maimuna\u2019s memories are of food shortages, scarcity of water, bad sanitation and awful, cramped living conditions.<\/p>\n<p>When it was finally safe for her to come back home, she found that her house had been destroyed; her land had returned to bush. \u201cWhen we got home, there was nothing. My husband passed away soon after that,\u201d she recalls.<\/p>\n<div class=\"x-resp-embed x-is-video x-is-youtube\"><iframe title=\"Widow rebuilds life after tragedy\" width=\"877\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LwuUDrS1R8Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Support that she received on a Self Help Africa project provided Maimuna with goats, and with groundnut seed, and cassava cuttings.\u00a0 She also attended training courses in farming, and with the help of her children, started re-cultivating her farm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was able to grow a surplus of crops, which I sold to rebuild my house. I also used my income to pay for school fees for one of my daughters,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe project helped me to get back on my feet. Today we are eating enough and are healthy. This support also gave me a voice. 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