"Lacking school fee for my daughter when she was in Four 2 was the biggest hardship I have faced in life. She was a top student in her class and seeing her at home broke my heart. Am glad she got school bursary that supported her until she completed her secondary education. She is now in the university and I thank God for his grace."

"When I first started farming, I lost a lot of money due to poor timing and that was the biggest hardship I have faced. The capital that I used was a loan from a friend. That was a tragedy and it almost killed my ambition. With resilience and persistence , I pulled through it."

"My proudest achievement was when i got a bumper harvest from my one acre farm I sold part of the proceeds and built my kitchen. Initially i would endure bad weather cooking in the open or i would be forced to cook in my house which was not specious enough."

"My proudest achievement is building my house from the mining little savings. I have had to sleep with my wife in my brothers house where i found it difficult as the house was very small for us to share."

"My proudest achievement was building my iron sheet roofed house from the small grass thatched that was leaking and caused me embarassment amongest my peers as they would always mock me that my house was easy to burn like a birds house because it was grass thatched. Currently we do not have worries during rains and the house is spacious enough for us."

"The achievement I am proudest of is that I managed to take my son John to Utalii college and currently he is working thereby making him independent. I did all this with the little amount of cash that I had saved over the years. "

"The achievement am proudest of was building my house.I used to buy materials in small quantities until I was able to complete it.It makes proud to live in an iron roofed house."

"The biggest hardship I've faced is lack of money to feed myself.I've had to take casual labours in other people's farms in order to feed myself."

"I now have confidence GD and I will be able to plan and implement since finance is available."

"I expect my life to be different in the coming months. I will be having my own dairy cows which will be giving us milk within our own compound. My income sources would have increased and my family will be well fed. Malnutrition will be a thing of the past for us."