Esther Niyonsengo
Esther was born in 1991. Her family has seven children. Esther's parents both died, her dad in 1994 (probably the genocide) and mother in 2000. Her oldest 2 sister got married and live far from her home.
Since 2007 Esther has been heading the household because she lives with 2 young brothers and a sister who was suppose to be in senior six but due to lack of tuition money she dropped out of school. Another brother is attending vocational training in carpentry work and the youngest sibling is in primary 2 (second grade).
To keep their life moving they grow some of their own food because they can’t get money to buy food. So every day her siblings work in the field.
During this time of hardship Esther got pregnant and the young man wouldn’t marry her. She is getting donations from friends to help her son, Allen, who is 1 years old.
After some time, her friends and her came up with an idea to form an association of young people who are heads of their households. Cell and Sector leaders came up with an idea of ways that they could develop themselves. Esther was invited to join a sewing class at City of Joy that would give her the skills to start her own business.
Esther hopes that her skills in making wonderful things, designs and clothes will develop into a career. She says she is encouraging her friends in the sewing class to work hard in order to improve the welfare of their families.
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