Mozambique
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Celina, 18, receives food and help from our partner in order to look after her parents, brother, sister and son.
Over two thirds of Mozambique's 19 million people live below the poverty line, with more than half the population living on less than $1 a day.
Mozambique also remains highly dependent on external aid, receiving more than $500m per year. Essentially an agricultural country, the climate is predominantly semi-arid with a low annual rainfall.
Due to limited water irrigation systems across the country, agricultural production depends heavily on rain. But fluctuating weather patterns including cyclical droughts and floods have devastated agriculture in recent years, leading to hunger and misery for millions of people.
HIV infection among adults has steadily increased over the years, with rates higher in the central and the southern regions of the country.
Women are disproportionately affected, with young women between 20-24 years old living with HIV outnumbering men by four to one.
