"The biggest hardship I have faced in life, was lack of money to pay my rent, since I was jobless and my rent had accumulated for twelve months. This made my landlord to lock in all my property in the house, hence subjecting my family I to stressful moments of looking for alternative places to spend our nights."

"My biggest hardship I have ever faced in my life was when I dropped out of school after my kcpe exams in 2010,because my parents could not afford to pay my secondary school fees ,it has really been a big challenge getting a good job because of my education background,this has really made me sad,because if I had gotten a good education my life would have been better"

"My biggest hardship I have ever faced in my life was when my husband was sacked from his job as ground crew in Nairobi,he was the soul breadwinner and ever since then life has changed,it has really been difficult for us even to get what to eat,let alone educating our siblings,it has really been a challenge for us"

"The achievement that am proudest of is that i have educated my children they have gone to school and now am paying school fees for my last born and a proud parent since i have played my role successfully.I hope they will live a better life than mine because the first three are in colleges and universities."

"When i was in form three.i suffered a strange illness which made me be on and off from school.I would come home for a week ,seek medication and go back to school only to fall sick again and have to go back home.This happened severally with visits to different hospitals not being of much help.Eventually,i was treated by a specialist in Tenwek Hospital and recovered fully.This affected my studies because there is some coursework i was unable to cover while away.This is the biggest hardship i have faced"

"Last year,I leased a piece of land and planted beans.I had a good harvest of 3 bags and each bag sold for sh 5000.With the money I got,I bought goats which increased in number and I later sold a few.The remaining ones now provide milk for my family.This is the achievement am proudest of."

"In June last year, i planted beans on my piece of land and from it i harvested 5 bags and sold 4 bags.From it I got sh 28800 which I used to pay school fees for my child in Secondary school.This eased the burden of raising school fees which i have been left to carry alone since my husband died.This is the achievement am proudest of"

"The achievement that am most proud of is my house.Having lived in a rental house for twelve years and worked as motorcycle taxi operator,I managed to save and build this house. Now am living in my own house and home and that am much proud of."

"The biggest hardship I have faced is difficulty in providing basic needs to my family. I have a relatively bigger family and when am not in business like now,I find it extremely difficult to provide for them."

"I use to live in a grass touched house. The house was very small and could not accommodate my big family and through hardworking I have been able to build a better house made of sheets and timbers and that is my proudest achievement."