"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is when I became sick and was not able to get money to pay for my hospital bills. "

"The proudest achievement I have is an opportunity to be in school since most of my agemates around haven't gone to any school.I am currently in class seven at Onyinyore primary school."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is raising school fees for my two daughters who were schooling at Our lady of fatima and Kariobangi North,Nairobi city.I could hardly think right, being that, I was solely depending on subsistence farming.Dropping them out of school was the hardest thing in my life I could think of. "

"Building my own house has the biggest hardship I have faced in life. The output from the small land is not enough to sustain my own needs and the needs of the family. The little we get from the land is used to educate my siblings and I end up being left with nothing."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is the fact my maize plantion was infested by unknown disease and thus reduced on its yield. We depend on maize to sustain our family and since it was infested by unknown disease eight years ago, I have been unable to meet most of my family's needs such as education."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is when my neighbour stole all my savings which I had planned to open a shop. I lost hope in life since I had struggled to raise the money and suddenly stolen."

"The biggest hardship I have ever faced in my life is my financial incapacitation that has made it difficult for me to build a good house. My roof keeps leaking every rainy season, thereby giving me and my family sleepless nights. "

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is the incapablity to accomplish some of my responsibilities such as provision of adequate food to my family due to lack of finances."

"My proudest achievement is when my two children joined high school after better performance. I never imagined I could afford them better education but with good harvest from farm produce, I am able pay them school fees in time."

"The proudest achievement in my life is when I built my own home despite the fact that my husband had passed away and left me as the bread winner."