Theresia Nyiramurera, 53, widow with 5 children. After joining the programme she learned how to improve her farming production and start a small business trading in cassava flour at the market. She is aslo a community health worker for maternal health. She was selected for this training because she was a TBA and has attended 27 births at the health centre. The traditional methods were always risky because of the dirty environment when the children are born. Children were often getting eye infections and pnumonia because they were not covered properly. She also teaches family planning t


Theresia Nyiramurera, 53, widow with 5 children. After joining the programme she learned how to improve her farming production and start a small business trading in cassava flour at the market. She is aslo a community health worker for maternal health. She was selected for this training because she was a TBA and has attended 27 births at the health centre. The traditional methods were always risky because of the dirty environment when the children are born. Children were often getting eye infections and pnumonia because they were not covered properly. She also teaches family planning to families. Photograph by Mike Goldwater


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