Her third-hand smart phone, passed down from a family friend, is always running out of data, and she loves nothing better than rummaging in second-hand stalls for a new, to her, dress or jacket.
When she graduates in two years’ time, she hopes to become a chartered accountant. Perhaps not the most glamourous of professions, but one that her country, Malawi, is short of, and one that will guarantee that her life will be much more comfortable than her mother’s.
But her modest ambition was almost destroyed earlier this month, when her mother told her that she had been unable to scrape together the £650 required for her next term’s tuition fees.
When Lindy first signed up for her business administration degree at St John the Baptist University, her uncle made a commitment…
