"My proudest achievement is having worked as a waiter and with my wages I have been able to take my children to school." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face right now is ill health, I have a chest condition and my joints always ache, I am afraid that very soon I will not be able to walk or even go to the market to sell my ropes." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face right now is my mental illness, I have been diagnosed with schizophrenia and the drugs are expensive, I do not think I will be able to continue buying them and this may lead to my condition becoming worse." (Country: Kenya)

"I am planning to spend my upcoming lumpsum payment on building my own house and move out of the rented. I will also buy livestock’s." (Country: Kenya)

"I am planning to spend my upcoming lumpsum payment on building a house. I will buy additional building materials. I will pay school fees for my 2 children and buy livestock’s." (Country: Kenya)

"My biggest hardship is to get access to clean drinking water since the main source of clean water is some kilometers away from my home hence obtaining water is a very big stress in this area." (Country: Kenya)

"I am proudest of owning a house that protects me from all odds and also being able to send my children to school." (Country: Kenya)

"My biggest hardship is that I am asthmatic and during cold weathers, I cannot breath properly and this has been a problem for me because it bars me from doing my duties as usual." (Country: Kenya)

"My proudest achievement was switching from grass thatched house to a metal roof house.I am proud because my spouse left me in a grass thatched house that was leaking but I managed to build a metal roof house through savings from my business and I don't have the stress of being rained on anymore." (Country: Kenya)

"The achievement I am proudest of is that I moved out of a rental house at the center,managed to buy a portion of land and built a house.I am very happy that now I own my house and I don't pay rent anymore." (Country: Kenya)