‘Just money, with no strings attached’: how direct cash transfers are giving women in rural Kenya a new life
Financial support given directly to the women in Kilifi county has cut both infant mortality and deaths among under fives, while boosting village businessesTwo months ago, Claris Pendo’s days always followed the same routine. She would rise early, sharpen her tools, walk several kilometres to the forest, cut down a tree, drag it back to her village in Kenya’s Kilifi county, chop it into smaller pieces, dig a pit, cover the wood with soil and branches, and set it alight. Then she would go home and prepare a simple meal of ugali (Kenya’s maize staple).She would keep returning to the pit until the wood had carbonised – a process that can take days – then pack the charcoal into sacks and wait for people on motorbikes to come and collect it. Then she would start all over again. Continue reading...
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Financial support given directly to the women in Kilifi county has cut both infant mortality and deaths among under fives, while boosting village businesses
Two months ago, Claris Pendo’s days always followed the same routine. She would rise early, sharpen her tools, walk several kilometres to the forest, cut down a tree, drag it back to her village in Kenya’s Kilifi county, chop it into smaller pieces, dig a pit, cover the wood with soil and branches, and set it alight. Then she would go home and prepare a simple meal of ugali (Kenya’s maize staple).
She would keep returning to the pit until the wood had carbonised – a process that can take days – then pack the charcoal into sacks and wait for people on motorbikes to come and collect it. Then she would start all over again.
Continue reading...
