"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of money and food because finding casual work in the village is not always reliable. "

"The achievement that I am proudest of is that when my husband died, he left me in a grass thatched house and I managed to do my business of fetching and selling firewood till I was able to raise cash that I used in buying iron sheets for my current house and part of the cash I have been using it in paying for my children's education."

"The biggest hardship I face in life is that my income is little and not enough to cater for the financial needs of my family as I depend much on fishing and it's not doing well lately."

"My proudest achievement is that I have sustained my children in school by engaging in small businesses."

"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of enough money to pay school fees for my son who is in secondary school, he has fee arrears and if I am unable to raise the required amount he will definitely drop out of school."

"The achievement I am proudest of is the fact that I have paid fees for two of my children through secondary school, although they have yet to join college due to lack of college fees. "

"GD has a follow-up team that does all sorts of follow-up to identify our challenges and problems after we have been enrolled in the programs while other Ngos visit us and disappear."

"GD stand by its recipients through out."

"My children can now enjoy a good night sleep being that we now have sleeping materials and a furnished house."

"l had very poor condition house but now because of GD l have a very comfortable house."