case-studies

Ahmed Hassan Dige is a young man with a visual impairment. One rainy afternoon, he found himself at intersection number four, holding his laptop bag close to protect it from the heavy rain. His white cane was also in his hand, a symbol of his visual impairment.  As he waited, a car pulled up. It

Hamdi, a 20-year-old who grew up under her grandmother’s care in Wabari District, recently married her husband. Due to her grandmother’s wishes, she spent most of her life within the city and rarely ventured outside.  Three years ago, a significant event occurred in Hamdi’s life. On that day, she left her grandmother’s house to visit

Farhiya, a mother of six children, faces unique challenges as her children have disabilities, and she is separated from her husband. She works as a laundress to provide for her family residing in the countryside. One fateful day, as Farhiya walked to her laundry job, an explosion on the road caused her severe injuries, resulting

Six years ago, Mohamed Yusuf was an 11-year-old living in the Hamar Ja-Jab District. He came from a low-income family with little income that consisted of nine members, with the youngest being merely eight years of age. Given the poor water and sewerage systems prevalent in the country, flooding usually occurs during heavy rains, destroying

In the Shangaani district’s Maternal and Child Health (MCH) centre sits *Faduma, a 17-year-old girl who has brought her ailing child to seek medical attention. When she was 15, her parents forced her to marry an older man who had several wives and would torture her every week. Despite her husband having a small business