Widowed Cancer Patient Anna and 3 Children
These 3 children live with their mom, Anna, in Mogadarishu Tanzania. Anna is a widow. Her husband died 3 years ago, and unfortunately, this year she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She is incredibly ill and unable to work. Before our intervention, the family was one day away from being put out on the street for the inability to pay rent. Anna cannot afford the bus fare to go to the hospital. She sends the children out in the street to find food and money so they can eat.
This is Saumu. She goes to the street every day to get money or find food to help her widowed mother who was recently diagnosed with cancer.
Big Brother Hussein is responsible for the family. His father passed away 3 years ago leaving his mother a widow and him as the man of the house. Like his sister Saumu, Hussein takes to the street daily to fend for food and money so his family can eat.
Baby sister Leilatu is seen here sitting next to her widowed mother. Although she is the baby of the family, she is not spared from going to the streets like her two older siblings to find food and money to help her sick mother.