"The biggest hardship I face is, lack of finance that made my first two children to drop out of school without going to secondary school. I only hope I will get money to enable the other ones acquire the necessary education to the highest level."

"My new goal is to pursue a Diploma Course in Education"

"When I was in class 8 right before I sat for my KCPE ( kenya certificate of primary education), I gave birth and life became unbearable. I didn't get support from my parents and that was the biggest hardship I've faced in life. No one was willing to assist and I had to drop out of school."

"The achievement I am proudest of is that I managed to accomplish my education despite the fact that I come from a family that never went to school. "

"My proudest achievement is having worked as a house help. I was able to save my earnings and eventually used the money to educate my son who finished his secondary school education in 2013."

"When I receive this money, I am planning to clear my school fees balance which is in arrears.This is because my parents are jobless and are unable to provide a sustainable basic education."

"The achievement I am proudest of in my life, is taking good care of children by providing to them right education although I am a single mother."

"The achievement I am proudest of is being a farmer.I remember at one time when I was a pyrethrum farmer and used to get a lot of income from it.I bought cattle from the pyrethrum sales which later helped me take my four sons to technical colleges to add to the primary education they had."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is lack of school fees.I struggled during my secondary school education since I was often sent home due to fees arrears.I remember staying at home for one term without attending school.During this time I had lost hope and even decided to started selling food stuffs along the road and during market days.I later resorted to go back to school using the little income I had saved from the business.This really affected my studies.Currently I still have fee balance that I have not cleared."

"The biggest hardship I have faced is financing my own education.Being a Board Of Management employee,the pay is very little and remitted very late and this meant that I had to postpone my studies."