"The biggest hardship that we face is lack of school fees. We value education because when a child gets educated they become empowered and so our aim is to see our children excel in life."

"The biggest hardship that we face is lack of a stable income. This is because we cannot grow as a family, we cannot pay for our eldest daughter's tailoring course, we cannot pay for our children's education, we cannot start up a business to be able to have a stable income."

"I will take my daughter to college and help her further her education,since she finished her high school in the year 2015 we have just been staying with her at home. I hope to enable her achieve her dreams."

"Receiving the money will enable me boost my business and I will also be able to further my son's education who dropped out of school because of lack of money."

"Receiving this money means a bright future to my life.I dropped out of school because my parents were not able to pay for school fees.l would like to go back to school and complete my secondary education. So receiving this money will assist in paying for my fees. "

"My biggest hardship is how to meet the needs of my family since the wages I earn can't make for rent, food, clothing and education of my children. "

"My biggest hardship is to cope with the fact that I cannot manage to take my children to private schools for better education since I can't afford the fees. "

"I have longed to go back to school to further my education, this has not been real as I lack the cash to cater for the school fee, I have no otherwise but to be home. "

"I have a son who has some illness that is more of mental, it's off and on and I've really used a lot on his medication bills. He cannot continue with his education because of the same issue. "

"The achievement I'm very proud of is, having graduated recently as an Early Childhood Development and Education teacher."