Nyiramfubuhinge Colette is a 55-year-old woman living in the Cyuve Sector of the Musanze district. Colette is a widow who has given birth to three children. She was born in the small village of Gasiza to a not very well-off family of five children, three brothers and two sisters. Her mother and grandmother had had podoconiosis. When she was a child, Colette dreamt of becoming a primary teacher one day. Unfortunately, her family was unable to send Colette to school, rather she was pressed to tend to cattle. When she turned fifteen years old, Colette’s foot started to itch and sometimes swell. Her peers, even her friends, began to fear her, and she came to not only be stigmatized by others but also to stigmatize her own self. When Colette was twenty-one years old, she got married and was full of joy on her marriage day. She and her husband had three children. However, her husband later died, and all of her children died soon afterwards as well. And as the swelling in her foot and leg progressed and walking became difficult, she realized that she has IMIDIDO (the Kinyarwanda term for Podoconiosis). At this miserable point in her life, she attended many hospitals, but none were able to help her. In 2014, she made a friend who also had podoconiosis and was being treated at Heart and Sole Africa. Her friend invited Colette to come attend the clinic with her. Since then, Colette has been attending Heart and Sole Africa’s clinic and has so far seen improvement in her foot and leg. Today, Colette cultivates for others as a living. She does not have a house as her own house had fallen down due to being too old. Instead she currently lives with her stepson.