"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that currently my business is not doing well and the money I get is very small so I am not able to pay school fees for my girl who is supposed to join college and she depends on me." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is in terms of getting cash that I can use to continue with my business of selling French fries as this is my other source of income that I depend on when farming fails." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that we face in our life is that my husband's income has reduced as his fishing net is old and torn and this makes him not to have a good catch that can be sold to give us money." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that we face in our life is in terms of school fees as our income is very low and paying school fees is a challenge due to the high rates that schools are charging us." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that our income is not very stable and we are not able to depend on farming in order to take care of our family and this at times makes us to go a day without cash that we really need to buy food and other basic items." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that getting school fees,food and taking my family to hospital whenever they are sick is a challenge as we don't have a stable source of income that can support our needs." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I have faced is poverty. I have no job and my spouse has no proper source of income." (Country: Kenya)

"The achievement am proudest of is building this house. Even though am still at my parents place and need to move out, I still feel proud." (Country: Kenya)

"The achievement am proudest of is that i do subsistence farming. I invest my resources in this to ensure my family has enough food through out the year." (Country: Kenya)

"The proudest achievement is that,through farming I have been able to educate my children and I also have food security." (Country: Kenya)