Can you imagine getting paid in leaves?

It seems almost too crazy to be true, but that’s the awful reality for people like Matunda. She desperately wants to provide for her family, but all she gets for a hard day’s labour is a tiny handful of yams and cassava leaves. They only eat one small meal a day.

Something has to be done. I’m fundraising to empower people like Matunda so that they can lift themselves out of poverty.

Just £240 will give four women like Matunda the skills they need to provide for their families.

How much do you spend on your food shopping each week?? We have access to so much food and such variety of food that I wanted to challenge myself to eat only rice and beans for 5 days. Please give what you can and join me as I take a stand against poverty.

To read Matunda’s story and find out more about Tearfund’s amazing work, please visit their website: www.tearfund.org/wewontstop.