Ms Dam is 59 years old, single and lives in Kham District. When Dam was 3 years old she caught a disease which her parents tried to treat using traditional medicinal methods, but despite this, she became paralysed in both legs.
When QLA met Dam last year she was living with her niece in a small house made of bamboo and grass. It was in poor condition and had no amenities. The house was also deemed to be a ‘bad luck’ house because two people had died there: Dam’s sister and then last year, her sister’s 17 year old son.