Rozina
The DIL team met Rozina in early August, 2001, at the Brigadier Bashir Ahmed Girls Primary School in Wali Dino Sheikh. She was shy, but ready to answer questions with a smile, even when asked about her painful life history. Rozina's father died when she was barely a few months old. Her mother, left with a young son and an infant daughter, received no support whatsoever from her in-laws. In fact, they seized the land and assets left to her by her husband. Rozina's mother was forced to move into a cramped, single room with her two children. When her husband's family demanded that she give up that room as well, the community finally intervened and convinced them to leave the widow and her children alone. Rozina has thus grown up a witness to abject poverty. Her mother makes bags and tends to her neighbors' cattle. Her brother has recently started working, which has added to the family income, but they know that without the help of their community that regularly provides th...