Yvonne is an 18-year-old girl who lives in Huye District. She is the firstborn in a family of four girls. While that is a blessing, her father did not think so as he still held on to regressive views of the boy child being more valuable than the girl child. He constantly harassed their mother for not giving birth to sons and also refused to take responsibility for providing for his children. Yvonne’s family was already living in poverty and in disputes but this worsened when they had the fourth girl. She was born with mobility challenges and deaf-blindness.

Taking care of her was extremely difficult for Yvonne’s mom because she was also the breadwinner of the family. She then requested Yvonne as the firstborn to drop out of school and find jobs to help her take care of the family so that she could also focus on taking care of her young sister. Yvonne dropped out of school when she was in Secondary two, at the age of 14.

She managed to find a job as a live-in house help but could only buy body oil with the money she made and would send the remainder to her mother. After six months however, Yvonne quit due to the overwhelming workload and also not getting time to rest.