"The achievement am proudest of, was way back when I was selling fish,i was able to pay my first child school fees with the little I earn and see him through college."

"The achievement that i am proudest of is being able to build an iron roofed house for my family despite not having a reliable source of income. I feel very happy that even if it rains,they will not be rained on."

"The biggest hardship I have faced is hunger,moreso when I returned home in 2007 from Nakuru.I had not adjusted to embrace farming fully and providing food for my family became so difficult that we could go without meals."

"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 living in a temporary house now that is very uncomfortable to me,i have a plan to build a good house with the transfer."

"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."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is the inability to do better farming due to lack of proper equipment and money."

"My proudest achievement was on nineteenth of this month when I earned fifteen thousand Kenya shillings from my merry-go-round savings. I had never owned such a huge sum of money before and the money helped me boost stock in my second-hand clothes business. "

"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. "