"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that getting food to eat and school fees for my children is a problem as my income is very low and I have children who are all going to school and I have a huge school fee debt of Ksh. 70,000 for college and Kshs. 80,000 for my two kids in secondary school." (Country: Kenya)

"Our proudest achievement is that we have assets that we have acquired through fishing such as a house and livestock." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that I am a widow and unlike in the past when my husband was alive and we could share responsibilities at home, now I find myself doing everything alone and it is not easy as my income is very low." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship is that since I lost my husband it has not been easy raising my children as a single parent." (Country: Kenya)

"The proudest achievement is that I have taken care of my brothers since my parents passed away. I have taken them to school,one is in the university and another is operating his own tailoring shop in kisii town. I have done all this through farming." (Country: Kenya)

"My proudest achievement is that I have been able to save a little money which I used as capital for my small business. The business has been a source of income to me and I feel happy to have started it." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that we have faced in life is that we don't have a stable source of income." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is that I don't have a stable source of income to support my family. I depend on farming and charcoal making. Sometimes life gets hard to the extent that we go without having meals." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I face in life is that I lack money to meet all my basic needs because a large amount of my savings are spent on educating my children." (Country: Kenya)

"My proudest achievements are that l have struggled and bought a boat which has really enhance my work as a fisherman , Secondly l have managed to buy a cow which will help me incase of any emergency." (Country: Kenya)