"The achievement am proudest of is raising my children after my husband's death. My eldest child is now in form two and the rest are also in school. Their father died like 16 years ago, they were still young. I just feel happy for this far we've come." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I face now is this sickness. I can no longer do farm work or even casual jobs. The small businesses I run do not bring me enough income." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I face now is that I am asthmatic. I get sick most of the time." (Country: Kenya)

"The achievement I am proudest of is that I was able to teach another farmer how to plant vegetables on her farm and this makes me happy because I shared knowledge that I have." (Country: Kenya)

"The achievement I am proudest of is being able to build my current house." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I face in life is that I quite often incur loses as a fisherman because my fishing materials are swept away by hyacinth weed and this affects my ability to sufficiently provide for my family." (Country: Kenya)

"Our biggest hardship has been to raise money that can enable us build our own house since we have been renting a house at the center and it's costly because we must pay rent every month." (Country: Kenya)

"My biggest hardship is that I don't have a reliable job that can sustain my family." (Country: Kenya)

"I would say having a wife who is able to give me children is the the proudest achievement I can talk of." (Country: Kenya)

"The achievement I can talk of is that I attained the highest level of college education and I'm lucky that I secured a job as teacher." (Country: Kenya)