Just over ten years ago, Alice Atanbo was a beneficiary of one of the cash-for-work programmes Oxfam implemented in Turkana. With the money she received, she decided to buy some basic products such as sugar, flour, and milk, and sell them in her establishment, which now supplies the community of Milima Tatu.

Her husband’s livestock died as a result of the drought, but she and her eight children have survived thanks to the income from her shop. Alice also acts as an exchange agent for Oxfam. The sacks of food supplies arrive at her establishment, where beneficiaries with food vouchers go to pick up their supplies. .