"The biggest hardship I face in life is lack of money to sufficiently sustain and cater for the financial needs of my family because I have no reliable source of income." (Country: Kenya)

"My proudest achievement is that I have a house that I built using money that I earned from quarry mining." (Country: Kenya)

"The achievement I am proudest of is that I had ploughed my farm and I got a good harvest of maize and for this I am proud." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is shortage of water as where we get water is very far and we walk for over two hours to reach the water point and at times we even miss the water after covering that long distance." (Country: Kenya)

"The achievement I am proudest of is that we have been able to buy six cows using cash that we got from the sale of our farm produce." (Country: Kenya)

"The achievement I am proudest of is that I have been able to work as a casual laborer and used the cash to buy food for my family even after the death of my husband and this has kept me going as a widow." (Country: Kenya)

"The achievement I am proudest of is that we planted tomatoes some two years ago and we were able to sell the harvest which gave us cash that we used to buy two dairy cows that we now keep for milk." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is in terms of getting cash because currently I am not doing any kind of work that generates daily income as I only depend on agriculture which depends on season." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I have is meeting my daily needs since I am alone and everything is on me and I don't have a proper job." (Country: Kenya)

"My biggest hardship was loosing my wife who was sick and left me with a young baby. Meeting my daily needs is also a problem since you can spend a whole day without carrying anyone hence no money." (Country: Kenya)