I can only see objects that are incredibly close to my eyes (Picture: Sightsavers / Malumbo Simwaka)

It was difficult for me to get an education as a child growing up with a disability in Malawi.

When I was only one week old, my mother noticed there was something wrong with my eyes. She learned that I had developed cataracts, but there was only one paediatric eye surgeon in the whole country so I was not able to get the sight-saving operation that I needed.