"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that I am sick (I have high blood pressure) and this has really affected me as I am not able to lead a normal life and go to my farm as I used to in the past." (Country: Kenya)

"My proudest achievement is having worked as a driver for many years and saved part of my wages, I then used the saved cash to build a rental house which earns me some small income." (Country: Kenya)

"My proudest achievement is that we have struggled to build our own house because when I married l did not have a house." (Country: Kenya)

"My biggest hardship in life is lack of money to open up a business to support my family." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that we have faced in life is during floods. We are usually affected by storm water being that we stay in a lowland." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is that I don't have a stable source of income. I am just a peasant farmer and also sell fish foe a living. This is not enough to support the needs of my family so I have to strain." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that we have faced in life is lack of a reliable clean water for domestic use. We live in a water -scarce area whereby we have to buy water from vendors at expensive rates." (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)

"My proudest achievement is that I have been able to grow tomatoes and vegetables which has enabled us get food and other needs." (Country: Kenya)

"Our proudest achievement is that we have been able to buy some two cows which we keep." (Country: Kenya)