Many of you have heard me speak about Lucy. She is the women with three daughters whose husband divorced her and left her destitute. Jon and I helped her attend teacher's college and now she teaches in a remote Maasai village.
A Maasai girl is traditionally married at a young age to a man of her father's choosing. She is then a part of her husand's family. If she is divorced she really has no place to go. Fortunately for Lucy and her daughters, her father allowed her to live in the family manyatta. Since she earns a salary, Lucy has been a big help to her family.
This past year Lucy's father took a major step and deeded her some land, very unusual for a daughter to receive land. She now has a home with a dirt floor, wood frame and corrigated metal on the roof and sides. She has a separate cooking house so the smoke stays there. A group offered a cost-share solar panel with wiring for a light, so Lucy participated in this. She has a large shamba (garden)which is now dry due to the drought. She has to watch out for the monkeys that come around when the produce becomes ready.
I should also mention that Lucy named her youngest daughter after me so there is now a little Loanna.
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