"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that being a widow, my income is very low and this at times forces us to got to bed hungry as food prices are very high for me to afford on a daily basis."

"The biggest hardship is that I have a son who is supposed to join the university and I am not able to afford the school."

"The proudest achievement is that I have built the house I am in and I have taken my child through high school."

"The achievement that I am proudest of is that I was able to bit four cows using cash that we had saved from our casual jobs which included ploughing other people's farms."

"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of enough money to pay school fees for my children. I rely alot on subsistence farming for my income but the harvests are not very good this time. I fear that I may not be able to raise the required fees for my children and they may have to defer their studies."

"My proudest achievement is having been married to a wonderful husband who tries his best to take good care of our family not withstanding the limited income he gets from subsistence farming."

"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of a sustainable source of income for myself. Construction work is not very consistent, thus there are periods when I am rendered jobless and this affects my ability to adequately provide basic needs for my family. "

"The proudest achievement is that we have a roof over our head."

"The proudest achievement is that I have bought a few build materials on my own,though they are not enough."

"The biggest hardship we are facing currently is on making ends meet..The plants are not doing very well hence the produce can only last for a short period of time.We are therefore forced to look for other casual jobs around to keep going."