"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is lack of adequate income to pay school fees for my children thereby making life difficult." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that we have faced in life is lack of a reliable income to meet the needs of the family." (Country: Kenya)

"Our proudest achievement is that we have struggled and managed to build a new house for the family. Initially, we use to stay in a smaller house which wasn't good. After saving enough money, we decided to build a bigger house which we currently live in and we are proud of it." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that we have faced in life is that we don't have a stable source of income hence making it difficult to meet the needs of our family. We depend on fishing and agriculture which are unpredictable sources of income." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that my source of income is not stable as at times I can go a day without getting any work and this makes my family to suffer as they are forced to go to bed hungry." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I face in life is lack of reliable source of income to feed and educate my children." (Country: Kenya)

"My proudest achievement is that I have educated my daughter who currently has a certificate in education." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship is that we have a lot of children to educate and the money is not there. we have also lost many of my family members." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship is that our land is not fertile,so we do not have a source of food security which makes life very difficult for us." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I face is that I have been sick recently and kind of incapacitated. I had to leave my tailoring business. It's tough because now I totally depend on my husband." (Country: Kenya)