“The worst thing to a human being is not to be satisfied and not planning on having any self-development,” says 25-year-old Malak* Nasser from Tuban, a district in Lahj governate, Yemen.
Malak has lived with her mother and brother in her grandfather’s house since her childhood. Her father passed away when she was twelve. The family depended on her grandparent’s salary even after their death and that of Malak’s only brother. Unfortunately, he also passed away two years ago. Malak says: “After the death of my grandfather six years ago, we have been receiving his pension of 50 thousand Yemeni Rial. My mother raised and taught us alone. We are happy with our simple life.”
Malak graduated from the English language department at Aden University. She then worked voluntarily as an assistant teacher. “Thanks to my mother and my aunt’s help, I could finish college,” she says. “It was very challenging, I sometimes didn’t have any money to take a bus to go to college, so I used to walk.”
