Albertina Naftal (9) lives with her parents, two brothers and two sisters in a hut made of sticks and grass in the village of Muchenga, in Changara, west of Mozambique.
This district is one of the poorest in the country and is classified by the disaster management authorities as arid due to the low rainfall which is below 500mm per year. Albertina's parents are small farmers and the low yields are just enough to feed the family and bring in some money to pay for the schooling of their children.
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