"The biggest hardship that I have faced is that I lack a stable source of income that can enable me to pay school fees for my son and provide basic needs for my children." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is lack of a stable income to pay school fees for my children. Sometimes life becomes hard to the extent that we go without a meal a day." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is when my wife passed on and left me with me children to take care of. Life hasn't been easy for me because I have to perform other motherly duties." (Country: Kenya)

"The achievement that I am proudest of is that I used to stay in a grass thatched house but I managed to save some cash by denying myself and my family the luxury of eating good food like meat so that I saved some money which I used to build the house that I currently stay in which is has iron sheet roof. The money that I saved came from my business of selling vegetable in the local market." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that during dry seasons like in the month of February, getting food is a challenge and because I am not able to dig my farm and this makes me go may be a day without a meal." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that our source of income is unstable and as we have three kids in secondary school this makes it tough on us as at the same time we need money to buy food hence it is a big challenge." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that my husband rarely supports me so I am left alone to do everything on my own including taking care of our kids and this is a heavy load on me as a woman." (Country: Kenya)

"The achievement am proudest of is being able to provide for and take care of my children and husband." (Country: Kenya)

"My proudest achievement is that I struggled to build my house after my husband's death. At the time of his death I had a grass thatched house but today I have an iron roof house." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I face in life is lack of money to cater for all my financial needs because I am the breadwinner for my family but I have no proper source of income. Sometimes my children go without food and that really saddens me." (Country: Kenya)