"The biggest hardship we face now is lack of a sustainable income source. We have school going children who need fees and it's not easy to raise this." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that getting food to eat is not easy and I get very little that cannot sustain my family." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that I don't have a stable to source of income and I have children who all need basic things like food,clothes and education. This is a hardship as I am a lone and supporting them is not easy." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that getting food to eat at times is a challenge and this forces me to go a day without a meal because currently I don't have a source of income." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that we face in our life is that we don't have a stable source of income and this is a challenge as at times we have less food to provide for our family." (Country: Kenya)

"The achievement am proudest of being able to raise my children. Three of them are in secondary schools now. I feel proud because I have literally hustled my way through small businesses like selling vegetables, the hotel business and casual labour." (Country: Kenya)

"My proudest achievement is being able to educate my children up to the level they are now. This is because I personally did not go to school and thus I am proud that I am providing them with what I did have." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I have is lack of school fees for my children and how to feed them properly." (Country: Kenya)

"The proudest achievement that I can think of is having started a small business for my spouse. This is because I saved earnings from casual labour jobs in order to get capital for her business." (Country: Kenya)

"My proudest achievement is having bought livestock using funds from a table banking group." (Country: Kenya)