"My proudest achievement is that I joined a women's support group and through the table banking we had in our group, I was able to save enough money until I finally built my current house." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face currently is that I lost my husband a long time ago and I had to stop working in order to come to the village and and stay with my mother in law, this means that I do not have any source of income and life is difficult." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of enough money to pay school fees for my children who are in primary school." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of a stable source of income and yet we have some health problems, this means we can not get adequate health care." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face currently is that I am getting old and working for money is no longer easy, so most of the time I usually cannot afford basic commodities." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship l face right now is lack of a sustainable source of income, this means paying school fees for my son who is in secondary school is a problem and he risks being sent away from school due to fee arrears." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face right now is that I have no sustainable source of income therefore catering for my family's basic needs like food and clothes is difficult." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I face is the burden of school fees. I have my eldest child in college and the rest also in school." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship we face now is the burden of school fees." (Country: Kenya)

"The achievement am proudest is family. The fact that I live happily with my husband and kids. That sense of belonging and togetherness is my pride." (Country: Kenya)