"The biggest hardship has been seeing my children go to bed without food,and we don't have land to plough" (Country: Kenya)

"The proudest achievement is that have taken care of my children single handedly." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that we are starving as food is inadequate in our land as we consume everything that we produce." (Country: Kenya)

"The achievement I am proudest of is that in the past I used to stay in a house made of iron sheets but I managed to get cash from our savings and lending scheme that enabled me to build the house that I currently stay in." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that I find it difficult to support my children in terms of food they eat and school fees as currently I am not working and I am a widow." (Country: Kenya)

"The achievement I am proudest of is that we have been able to take our first born to school till he finished and now he is working." (Country: Kenya)

"My proudest achievement is being a good farmer, this is because through my efforts in my farm I have been able to pay school fees for my children." (Country: Kenya)

"My proudest achievement is having helped many women give birth through my services as a traditional midwife." (Country: Kenya)

"My proudest achievement is having bought iron sheets for my house, this was after I had worked very many casual jobs and saved the earnings." (Country: Kenya)

"My proudest achievement is having given birth to a beautiful baby girl." (Country: Kenya)