Esnart Daka, Chikumbuso

This picture is of grandmother Esnart Daka, who lives in Ngombe Compound here in Lusaka. She is part of the Chikumbuso Womens and Orphans Project which does amazing work to help the people that live in this shanty. I photographed Esnart Daka about a year ago, when she was looking after 5 of her grandchildren because she had lost 3 of her own children to AIDS. Twelve months later she now looks after 10 grandchildren and still lives in the same tiny shack. She smashes stones by hand to sell to the building trade and is lucky if she makes a dollar a day. Her story is in no way unique.

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