Marjolaine Wani Lwaboshi

Age/Gender: By birth. 2020, girl

Parent: Amazon Bauma – mother

Marjolaine is the daughter of Amazone, who has two children of her own; in addition to Marjolaine, she cares for two orphans and one sibling, so she is responsible for four children in total. As a result, the family has difficulty providing for the children’s basic needs and paying their school fees.

Faced with difficulties in providing for her family, the mother, Amazone, decided to visit the YIDA office to request support for her children’s education. Previously, all four children were enrolled in YIDA schools, but when their lives became difficult, they decided to transfer one orphan to a public school and keep the others at YIDA. This situation traumatized them, especially since public schools do not provide the same quality of education. For this reason, they continue to visit the YIDA office whenever they need support for their children.

Marjolaine lives with her mother and father in a thatched-roof house in the Kyaka II refugee camp, along with the other children.

The father does odd jobs in the local community in exchange for food, which is their main source of income. They used to rely on monthly rations, but later the WFP stopped supporting the family, which made their lives much harder and resulted in one of the orphans having to change schools.

This assistance is intended to ensure the child's education and cover his or her basic needs.