“I didn’t give them good lives when they were growing up. How can I expect financial support from them?” Fanny lamented.
Fanny (not her real name) is a single mum living in a two-room rental flat with seven school-going children, whom I met some time back. She was left to care for them alone several years ago after her husband walked out.
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