Rwandan story - never been to school

S has never been to school. She is in her thirties now, so this was in the 1970s. Her mother died when she was young and her stepmother did not think it was important for girls to go to school. This would have been well before universal primary education was available in Rwanda, anyway.
Now S is married with 6 children and is a lady of great enterprise and considerable artistic flair. She is learning English, she cleans houses, she takes on sizeable painting and gardening jobs, providing employment for other people as well. It is still a struggle to make ends meet, because these jobs are intermittent and her husband works as a guard, which provides a regular but small wage.