Rutendo is 22 and her age mates are in college or have just started formal work. Rutendo lives on a farm in Hatcliffe, 40km out of Harare. Being peri-urban, the community's livelihood depends on one's ability to work the fields or sell vegetables even old clothes. The farms adjacent Hatcliffe are densely and informally settled.
Rutendo has to multi-task as a mother, wife and also work the family patch that gives them produce.
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