"My proudest achievement is that I have managed to build a house however small it is. It wasn't an easy task because as a widow, I had to do it myself from the savings which I made from my little business."

"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is that I have been suffering from Asthma and it has hindered me from doing much work. This has reduced my productivity in terms of doing work that can enable me get income."

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that of getting school fees for my children as my source of income is very low."

"The achievement I am proudest of is that we have been able to build our own house as we used to stay at the market centre before but now we have our own house that we built using cash from my husband's masonry work."

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is in terms of water as we fetch water at a far distance from my house and it takes me almost one hour to get water."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of sufficient funds to educate my children."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is lack of sufficient finances to support my large family. I have adopted six children and I lack proper source of income."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is poor health. I have been suffering stomach pains for four years now and that makes my life very unbearable."

"My proudest achievement is that I have a house that I built on my own with money that I earned from fishing."

"The biggest hardship I face is the fact that I need to build a bigger house. This something I have been longing to do but haven't been able to."