"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of enough money to pay school fees for my daughter who is in secondary school, if I do not raise the required fees she might drop out of school." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of enough money to be able to build a better house. My current house is only one roomed and at the pace my kids are growing up they will soon need a bigger house." (Country: Kenya)

"I plan to spend my upcoming lumpsum payment on buying a cows to pay dowry to my late son’s wife. This will help me keep custody of my grandchildren. I am also planning to build a water tank to safely keep water. I have nothing to help me hold water in my house. I will also repair my house." (Country: Kenya)

"My biggest hardship is that I lack enough farm equipments that can enable me plough my farm inorder to produce food." (Country: Kenya)

"I am proudest of owning five sheeps because I can sell some in future inorder to raise money to pay school fees." (Country: Kenya)

"Our proudest achievement is that we managed to build a small house and we nolonger pay rent like we used to do when we lived in a rental house." (Country: Kenya)

"My biggest hardship is that I don't have a proper source of income hence sometimes my family goes without a meal and I cannot also afford to pay school fees." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is when I lost the job we I had. I had to look for other ways of earning a living like farming and charcoal making. This hasn't been reliable and so life has been difficult at times." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that we have faced in life is that we have been struggling to plough our farms because we don't have oxen plough. We normally depend on the ones for hire but they are expensive. This inhibits our capacity to get good harvest." (Country: Kenya)

"Our proudest achievement is that we have been able to build a house for the family. The little money that we saved enabled us to buy iron sheets and other building materials which we used for construction." (Country: Kenya)