Financial support given directly to the women in Kilifi county has cut both infant mortality and deaths among under fives, while boosting village businesses Financial support given directly to the women in Kilifi county has cut both infant mortality and deaths among under fives, while boosting village businesses T wo 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