"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is lack of a stable income to support my family. Sometimes am overwhelmed by school fees that I have been paying for my children." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is lack of sufficient funds to feed and educate my children because I am the sole breadwinner and I have no reliable source of income." (Country: Kenya)

"The achievement I am proudest of is that I have been able to save cash from my business that enabled me to buy a water tank that I use to harvest water when it rains." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that at times my family go to bed without a meal and one of my child has been sent home because I have not paid fee for this term. I am a widow and am not able to support them fully." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I face in life is lack of sufficient finances to meet all my basic needs because I have no reliable source of income." (Country: Kenya)

"The proudest achievement is that I have my own home and I have lived to see my grand children ." (Country: Kenya)

"The proudest achievement I have is that I bought a goat and am also keeping some chicken which I bought through selling firewood." (Country: Kenya)

"The proudest achievement is that since my husband died I have been able to sell "mandazi"(doughnuts) which has enabled me to build the house am living in and I have also managed to pay school fees for my children." (Country: Kenya)

"The proudest achievement is that I have a house and am taking care of my children on my own." (Country: Kenya)

"My proudest achievement is having struggled and saved most of the profits that I used to get when I had a small business and eventually managed to educate my children some of whom are now in college and others are you secondary schools and I am still educating them." (Country: Kenya)