I am a young Lady aged 28; my husband died last year in a car accident, his family grabbed all the property and left me with nothing but my child.

One day i decided to visit my parents in the Village where I attended a village meeting facilitated by Response Network in which they talked about the importance of starting Literacy classes and how to stop gender based violence. In the same meeting, property grabbing was mentioned as one of gender based
violence. After attending the meeting I decided to report my husband’s family to the Victim Support Unit of the

Zambian Police Service who helped to retrieve all the property.

After a short while my friends and I decided to start literacy class in the evenings which helped me in acquiring knowledge and skills that made me get a job. Just to be proud of myself I felt it was important for me to continue with my education enhance continued attending the literacy classes in the evenings. I appreciate for the knowledge that I got about my right which makes me fight for my rights and achieve my dreams.