{"id":9573,"date":"2018-06-21T11:54:10","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T10:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/?p=9573"},"modified":"2020-01-20T15:57:52","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T15:57:52","slug":"youngmum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ie\/youngmum\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Mum Changes Future for Her Children"},"content":{"rendered":"
Malidadi Chilongo was 15 when she met her future husband. He was married, and she was to be his second wife.<\/p>\n
Now 27, and a mother of four, Malidadi admits that at first she was nervous to enter into such a relationship. But such marriages are common in Northern Malawi, and when she moved to Kaphika village, she says that she was nervous, but also looking forward to a new life.<\/p>\n