"Being a single mother at a young age has been the biggest hardship I have faced in my life.I have struggled raising up my two children alone and especially paying school fees for my five year old child who is in a private school."

"I am very happy unlike before when i was very stress because i had no money to cater for my needs."

"The proudest achievement in my life is when I started business before marriage.This helped me meet my personal needs without depending on my parents."

"My proudest achievement is when I paid school fees for my daughter who joined form one last year since it has been my dream to provide better education for my children.This was as a result of good harvest."

"My proudest achievement is getting clean piped water in my home because I used to walk a long distance in search of water especially during dry seasons."

"The biggest hardship I faced in life was paying school fees for two children in secondary school. It was hectic since we had no stable income and in most cases they were sent back for fees hence missing classes."

"My proudest achievement is to have qualified to receive aid from Give Directly which I believe will impact my life and household. I have been hearing of the program in neighboring sub counties and longed to qualify for the support. "

"The biggest hardship I faced was school fee problem during my secondary schooling. I doubted finishing my studies successfully since I was sent back home for fees oftenly. "

"My biggest hardship is to find enough food for the family. We have not had enough rains in the past seasons which led to little harvest and food scarcity. "

"I expect my life to change in that I plan to acquire small livestock that I may sell in time of emergencies. I also plan to repair the walls of my house through plastering to make it more durable."