"My proudest achievement is that we have struggled to take my daughter to high school." (Country: Kenya)

"My proudest achievement is that l have struggled to and bought a cow which later died because of infection." (Country: Kenya)

"I am now able to drink tea every morning since I can afford to buy sugar.This unlike before where I could not afford to buy sugar daily." (Country: Kenya)

"My biggest hardship has been lack of capital to increase my stock of materials." (Country: Kenya)

"My biggest hardship is that I lack capital that can enable me buy farm equipments so that I can also plough my farm like other farmers." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is when two of my daughters and son died and left orphans who I take care of. I don't have a reliable source of income to pay school fees for them being that I am just a peasant farmer. I struggle a lot to pay their fee balances but I am overwhelmed." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is that I was involved in a road accident and injured my back. I can't do much work nowadays because I feel a lot of pain and this has lowered my productivity." (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." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that we have faced in life is that we don't have a reliable source of income. My husband is just a fisherman and am a peasant farmer." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is that I don't have a reliable source of income. I depend on sand harvesting as a source of income. This hasn't been easy being that am a woman." (Country: Kenya)