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This week, our team is in Homa Bay County (in Western Kenya) spending time with the farmers and the farmer cooperative we are working with. We are visiting the farmers who received financing last month to see how the funds are actually showing up on the ground. What has improved? Where are they still stuck? And how can we add more value beyond just providing capital? So we are sitting with them. Walking their farms. Listening. Some had land that was not fully cultivated simply because they could not afford inputs at the right time. Not because they lack knowledge. Not because they are not hardworking. Just capital. Others are now facing a different challenge. The irrigation pump their cluster relies on to water vegetables and sunflower crops has broken, slowing down production for everyone. Moments like this remind us that financing is only one piece of the puzzle. The real question we keep asking ourselves is simple. How do we better support these hardworking superheroes to grow more, earn more for their families, and continue putting food on all our tables?