Harrite stays with her mother. She has two children of her own, aged four and six years old.
Harrite used to live with the father of her children in a far away place. She chose to bring her children and herself back to her own village. She rarely sees the father.
Harrite had Polio when she was younger and this left her with one paralyzed leg. She now walks with a crutch.
Most African women work the land. This is hard at the best of times, but it is even harder for Harriete with her lame leg.
She helps her mother as best she can. They earn money by working a piece of farmland. Some of the crops - beans, cassava, sweet potato - they eat, and some they sell. Part of the land is rented and part of it is owned by Harrite's mother.
Harrite typically has two meals a day - lunch and supper. Supper tends to be sweet African tea with the leftovers from tea.
Harrite feels that Africans are trying hard to sustain their living through making these beads, and it would be great if other people could buy the necklaces.
Her greatest wish is a permanent home for her children and that they are well educated.