Three years ago she was abandoned by her husband, leaving her to support their 38 children alone
It was just the latest setback in a life marred by tragedy for Nabatanzi, who lives with her children in four cramped houses made of cement blocks and topped with corrugated iron in a village surrounded by coffee fields 50 km north of Kampala.
"I have grown up in tears, my man has passed me through a lot of suffering," she said during an interview at her home, hands clasped as her eyes welled up. "All my time has been spent looking after my children and working to earn some money." "Mum is overwhelmed, the work is crushing her, we help where we can, like in cooking and washing, but she still carries the whole burden for the family. I feel for her," said her eldest child Ivan Kibuka, 23, who had to drop out of secondary school when the money ran out.Three days after she was born, Nabatanzi's mother abandoned the family: her father, the newborn girl and her five siblings.
"I was seven years old then, too young to even understand what death actually meant. I was told by relatives what had happened," she said.Providing a home for 38 children is a constant challenge.
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