{"product_id":"halima-salim-muyoma","title":"Halima Salim Muyoma","description":"\u003cp\u003eHalima Salim Muyoma was born in 1945 in Navakholo, Kakamega County, the second born in a family of five children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe began school locally and reached standard four before financial limitations at home forced her to leave the classroom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe was then sent to Kisumu, where she studied the Quran, before returning home to take up the responsibilities waiting for her there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBack at home, her days were filled with manual work, weeding fields, and doing heavy household chores to support her parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe later married and moved to Majengo to start her own family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarriage brought the responsibility of raising children. Her husband was a former railway worker who lost his job and pension, and life grew harder when he fell ill with a serious chest condition and later died in their home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeft to provide for her children alone, Halima turned to small-scale trade, walking long distances to sell beans, maize, and potatoes across Kakamega and Kisumu to earn what little she could each day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe and her children lived in a small two-roomed mud house with no electricity, and there were many nights when there simply was not enough food to go around.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeighbors who saw how much she was struggling brought her situation to the attention of the local chief, who connected her with the Mama Ibado Charity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe was enrolled in the food for the senior program in April 2023, and the charity began delivering flour, sugar, tea leaves, salt, rice, and milk to her home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond food support, Halima also manages several health conditions, including high blood pressure, goiter, arthritis, eye problems, and diabetes, and attends clinic check-ups every Thursday to keep track of her health.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Before, I often went to bed hungry and worried about where the next meal would come from, but now I no longer sleep hungry, and I have far less stress about food,\" she said.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven with the support the food program provides, Halima still needs help because of her age, her ongoing health conditions, and the poverty that continues to affect her household.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mama Ibado Canada","offers":[{"title":"One Time Contribution","offer_id":49157418811647,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Monthly Contribution - 40","offer_id":49157418844415,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Monthly Contribution - 50","offer_id":49157418877183,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Monthly Contribution - 100","offer_id":49157418909951,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Annual Contribution","offer_id":49157418942719,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0720\/8324\/3263\/files\/cOK4V69YTbxPsfyUaz5SZY6hIUH-JMmQXN5pgJuyBS4.jpg?v=1788860557","url":"https:\/\/mamaibado.org\/products\/halima-salim-muyoma","provider":"Mama Ibado Charity","version":"1.0","type":"link"}