"The proudest achievement has been taking care of my children and seeing them go to school" (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that getting money is not easy and am facing hunger which forces me to at times go a day without a meal." (Country: Kenya)

"The achievement I am proudest of is that I was able to take some of my children to school till they finished secondary school using cash that I have been getting from my fishing business." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is in terms of having difficulty when it comes to ploughing my farm as the cow that I used to plough my farm with died and I usually plant late when others had already prepared their land." (Country: Kenya)

"The achievement I am proudest of is that I used to have a small business of selling fruits and it made profit which I used to buy a motorcycle that we use at home for transport." (Country: Kenya)

"My biggest hardship is that I have faced in life is when my husband was sick and bedridden. We couldn't afford to pay for his medication and we unfortunately lost him." (Country: Kenya)

"My proudest achievement is that I have managed to build iron roofed house." (Country: Kenya)

"My proudest achievement is that we have struggled so hard through our little income and built iron roofed house for the family." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that fish stock has reduced in the lake so it is really difficult to get money from the fishing business." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that my daughter passed her exams but since then I haven't been able to raise school fees to take her to secondary school." (Country: Kenya)