"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is raising my children alone as a single mother.To add on that,my last born son has had a health problem.His bones are weak and this has affected his growth and also drained me financially since he has to seek medication every now and then."

"The achievement I am proudest of is being a farmer.I remember at one time when I was a pyrethrum farmer and used to get a lot of income from it.I bought cattle from the pyrethrum sales which later helped me take my four sons to technical colleges to add to the primary education they had."

"The achievement I am proudest of is having a family.Family is what keeps me going and happy.I really work hard because of my family and do all the best to ensure that we feed well and dress well."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is when I had just got married.Life was so difficult because we had nothing.We lived in a grass thatched house which we did not own.Life was hard to an extent that I contemplated to go back to home to my parents.After sometime a good samaritan bought us building materials which helped us build a small house.We still struggled to put food on the table but we continued persevering."

"For the past seven years, I have been unable to cultivate maize on my farm due to maize-stalk disease. Maize being the staple food for my family, I had to buy them for those seven years yet I didn't have a regular source of income. Since I was jobless, this situation really drained me financially hence making it the biggest hardship I have ever experienced. "

"My life has changed extraordinarily because of Give Directly. My children have managed to stay in school and finish their studies due to these transfers I received from GD. And now my home looks beautiful and conducive as i built a better house through these transfers."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life was marrying a second wife,It brought me into so much conflict with my first wife.I had to focus on bringing my family together leaving out important things this led to getting broke."

"The biggest hardship I have faced is financing my own education.Being a Board Of Management employee,the pay is very little and remitted very late and this meant that I had to postpone my studies."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is heading a family as a child.After the demise of my father,my mother fell ill and this forced me to assume the role of breadwinner at the age of twelve.Balancing between school and providing for the family made life so difficult for me."

"The achievement that am proudest of is scoring a mean grade of B in K.C.S.E despite the fact that I stayed home in most cases due to lack of school fees."