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Jigger survivors eye bright future from banana farm

 

A few years ago, they were the lowest of the low. They lived in squalor, ravaged by hunger and vermin. Putting food on the table was a mirage and mobility was firmly restricted to waddling around their compounds. Even so, one walked beyond the village centre if it was absolutely necessary.

The over 100 jigger survivors who lived like outcasts in Kigumo sub-county can now dare to dream.

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