Janet Ahoro, 40, with her oldest daughter Stephanie, 23, and granddaughter, one, at her home in the fishing village of Fetteh. Ahoro, a mother of seven, is a fishmonger who chose to send her first child to work as a fisherman to provide for the rest of the family. ‘We told our eldest son that he is the only one who can assist his father at the boat. He was only 16 but we tried to convince him that he is no longer a child. It’s a huge sacrifice and a lot of pressure for him not to disappoint his siblings, but three of my younger children have now completed junior high school’

Photograph: Lonnie Schlein/Ubelong