Rose is an active member of Word of Faith Church in Ndhiwa, serving on the usher team that cleans the worship space after services.

She used to own a grocery business. She would buy items at the market, then sell them at a profit to her neighbors. They were willing to pay for the convenience of not having to go to the market themselves.
Her business folded because she never had adequate capital to buy enough goods at the market to make the effort worthwhile and profitable.
Her first husband died in 1998; her second husband abandoned her and the children after the youngest child was born. His family refused to help her and the children.
Because of their severe poverty, her daughters dropped out of school and married into other families. She still has four boys at home.
She lives with HIV/AIDS treated with anti-viral medication.
Rose has requested the equivalent of $350 USD to start a grocery business at a large enough scale to make it work. She knows how to do it. She just needs the startup funds.