"Last year,I prepared a tree nursery and in it planted 15000 tea seedlings.By early this year,the seedlings were ready for transplanting and I got ready market and sold all of the.From the sale I was able to earn a good amount of money with which I bought a cow and built a wooden house.This is the achievement I am proudest of"

"Despite having undergraduate degree, I have never been successful getting a job since 2011, this really hurts me because I feel like I just wasted time and money in school. That's my biggest hardship."

"I used to work as a casual labourer-mostly plucking tea for my neighbours.From the little money i was paid,i started saving for some few years until I had savings of Kes 40,000.This enabled me to buy a second hand motorcycle which is our source of income now.This for me is an achievement which I am proudest of."

"I spent the larger portion my third transfer on paying school fees for my son who is in secondary school since I knew that getting fees would be a problem and knowing that my partner is not much into his education, this was the best way I could make him continue with his education. I also bought murram and sand hoping to establish my home because I currently stay at my inlaws place."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is how to take care of my children. As a widower I have to play both the roles of a father and mother. "

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is how to pay school fees for my secondary school education. "

"struggling hard to pay school fees for my children is biggest hardship i have faced in life. I get my source of income from plucking tea leaves in my neighbours' farms while my husband is a taxi driver.The income we get is not enough to provide our children with their needs and especially paying their school fees. "

"I paid fee for my son who was joining college because he has been at home for so long since he finished form four two years ago, because I did not money.I also bought households items with the remaining cash.I am very grateful to give directly for having helped me take my eldest son to college."

"The achievement I am proudest of is that I passed my Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, joined college and pursue a course in Food and Beverages which has always been my passion and that makes me proud. "

"In the next six months,I expect to have saved enough money to open my business,this will mean more income for my family and less stress. We will also be able to buy more of the household items that we currently do not have."