When we sell we eat, when we don't we sleep hungry.

"My name is Mildred Lucia, I live in Dandora Phase 4, in a neighborhood called Gitare Marigo I have four children. I sell feminine tissues to women. Before Corona started, I used to wash clothes for a living. It's been difficult to follow the national COVID-19 guidelines. As a businesswoman, I have to walk around, talk to customers, show them what I'm selling and talk to them about what I'm selling. I'm afraid because my business isn't one of standing still, it's one of walking. So if I meet a customer who has COVID-19, and I sell them something, and they give me cash – I catch the disease. I don't have sanitizers. I just walk. I wash my hands when I get home. Business and life have gotten harder since then. These days people don't want to buy our street products. They don't let you bring those things to them anymore. These days, if I sell everything, I will have made 200 per day. Image Before coronavirus began, we used to eat two meals per day – breakfast and supper. These days, we only eat one meal per day. With schools closed, there's no one to help the children to study. I have to leave for work, so they just play all day. It's affected their studies. And we don't always have water, so we don't always wash our hands. And prices have gone up. We used to buy flour for 40 KSh, now it's 50 KSh. Even rice has gone up. We used to pay 40ksh for half a kilo, these days its 55 KSh. There are days that we've gone without eating anything. When the weather was bad, selling tissues was difficult. So when I came home without selling anything, we had to sleep hungry. When we sell we eat, when we don't we sleep hungry. My biggest burden is paying rent. I have accumulated a large rent debt. Then there was a time when I was told I will be thrown out with the children at night. I pleaded with my landlord to help me. He gave me three months, after which I would have to leave, because I had nothing to pay him.”