Rachael lives with her mother, aunt, and younger brother. Rachael does well in school, according to the parent, and from her report cards from school, however, her studies are affected by her mother’s inability to keep her in school, the mother works as a casual laborer while the aunt just completed high school, the mother depends on unpromised casual labor, being the breadwinner of her family this has made it even harder to meet the needs of her family, both basic and secondary ones.
They live in a double-roomed house made out of timber and iron sheets. The house is furnished with a set of old seats, a table at the center that she uses when she is studying, a drawer where they keep their utensils and a television. The other room serves as the bedroom and a kitchen, when it’s time to sleep Rachael shares a mattress with her younger brother while the mother and aunt sleep on the bed. The house however is not self-contained, thus they share a bathroom and a pit latrine with several other neighbors in the rental plot they live in. The levels of hygiene in their environment are disturbing and not conducive for child upbringing, however, they have no other choice but to keep up with the situation with the hope that things will get better with time.
As work without play makes Jack a dull boy, Rachael will never be a dull girl for her passion to sing is conspicuous, she loves singing and composing short songs, and her other hobbies are traveling and watching animated television shows. In the future when she successfully completes her studies her desire is to be a primary school teacher.
