While the prevalence rate has dropped to 5. Ms Georgina Wachepa is 47 years old but she already has several grandchildren. This implies that she got her first child at a tender age. That is not all, she got the children with multiple partners. It is worth noting here that between and she gave birth to seven children, fathered by four different men. Her second born, Mary died in a road accident and left behind two kids who are now in her care, one of them is HIV positive.
I have no reliable source of income," she said. We usually eat ugali, vegetables or sardines. We cannot afford a better meal," she said. She added that one of her daughters is at home but she also does not have a reliable job. The money helps the family buy maize, sardines or vegetables.
Since this money is also not enough the family is from time to time forced to skip meals; that means, they can eat lunch but miss supper. Wachepa tested positive in , she suggests that one of her partners who is now dead is the one who infected her. She had one kid with the late Joseph in named Lydia, her last born.
I do not even remember the last time we had meat in my home," she said. Ms Wachepa added that her grandchildren feel ashamed when going to school as they have no proper uniforms, fees and other contributions required for parents to make.
According to her, all her relatives are in Tanga Region but she cannot unfortunately trace them as she left home for Sumbawanga a long time ago where she was still very young with her mother who is now dead. To make the matter worse, Ms Wachepa does not have own house, she is renting at a cost of 15, per month.
