Meet Ghanaian Blind Woman with 2 kids who Sells by the Roadside to Survive

Meet Ghanaian Blind Woman with 2 kids who Sells by the Roadside to Survive

  • Charlotte, a Ghanaian blind lady has opened up about how she goes through life as a visually impaired mother of two
  • The young lady narrated that she has been taking care of her children with the revenue she makes from selling toffees, biscuit, gum and drinks
  • The resilient woman also revealed that she first became blind in her right eye at a very young age and it eventually affected her left eye

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A visually impaired Ghanaian lady identified as Charlotte, has been granted an interview on Oheneba Media on YouTube, where she narrated how she goes about her business by the road side and how she ended up being blind.

In the interview, Charlotte explained that she has arranged the items in a way that she can easily identify them.

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She sells a variety of toffees, gums, biscuits and drinks.

Visually impaired Ghanaian mother shares how she survives
Charlotte in an interview with Oheneba Media Photo credit: Oheneba Media/YouTube
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With the arrange of the items, when it comes to receiving and giving out money, Charlotte revealed that she has specific places she puts the various denominations so she does not get confused.

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Losing her sight

The young mother shared that she started having issues with her right eye at a very young age.

According to her, her family tried their best to help solve her ailment to no avail.

Finally she got a chance to go through surgery and it was then that the reason behind her bad sight was revealed.

Charlotte recounted that she eventually became completely blind in the right eye and as she grew up, she became blind in the left eye as well.

She shared more about her story in the video linked below;

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YEN.com.gh earlier reported that Portia Ama, a Ghanaian woman who lives in a small village in the Central Region, asserted that she was bewitched by her sisters to become blind.

In an interview with SV TV Africa, Portia who appears to be middle-aged indicated that when she was a young girl, a rich man met her and promised to marry her when she gets older.

However, according to the visually impaired woman, this made her sisters envious and they decided to make her blind in order to ruin her chances.

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