Walking for Hope

Paul Harris, Kyla Herrmannsen, Nontobeko Sibisi & Laura Wener

Jenny du Plessis is a 40 year old, unemployed mother who lives in Grahamstown. She faces many struggles in her daily life; she is HIV positive and diagnosed with cervical cancer. These illnesses make her too sick to work and as a result she struggles to support her 6 year old daughter, Hope.

Despite her situation and her multiple attempts to get a disability grant, Jenny is still without one and relies solely on the child grant she receives of R240 a month. We explore this violation of her rights from her perspective and what this means in her day to day living. Hope is the centre of her universe and provides Jenny with a reason to live and fight her ailments. We follow her daily struggle to support Hope.