"My biggest hardship in life is lack of shelter for my family." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I face in my life is poor health. I contracted HIV after my spouse eloped with an infected woman and for the last three years I have become so weak and not able to work as hard as before." (Country: Kenya)

"My proudest achievement is that I have educated my daughter through to third form. I am very happy that she is about to attain her fourth form certificate and unlike me she has a more brighter future." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I face in my life is that I have so many dependants particularly my father and mother in law who are very old and weak and with no reliable source of income." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I face in my life is that my income is little and so I am unable to invest more in my business to earn good profit." (Country: Kenya)

"My proudest achievement is that I have a family and that I am a dedicated mother and wife who works hard to ensure her family eats and her children get basic education." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I face is lack of enough income. In this economy the value of the shilling has gone down. The little I earn is barely sufficient." (Country: Kenya)

"The achievement am proudest of is that I have bought twenty five iron sheets so far, in preparation for building my house. I didn't manage to do this once, only through savings." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship we face is that we have quite a number of dependants to fend for, yet our income is not directly proportional." (Country: Kenya)

"My proudest achievement is having taken care of my son from nursery school up to today. My spouse died and left me with the boy when he was very young but I have struggled and brought him up, in fact he recently got a spouse in the year 2009." (Country: Kenya)