"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is that I have been sick and infected of HIV together with my child who is still young and so its had for him to accept his HIV status." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is when my husband was sick before he died. It took us a lot of money to pay his medical bills but he unfortunately he succumbed. I am still grappling with that big loss." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is getting money to pay school fees for my children. It reached a point whereby I couldn't raise school fees for my eldest son and he had to drop out of school." (Country: Kenya)

"The achievement that am proud of is that I have managed to give birth to three children and am trying so hard to raise them." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is that I had been seriously sick sometimes back to the extent that I could not manage to provide food for my family." (Country: Kenya)

"The achievement that I am proud of is that I have managed as a widow to feed my seven children despite going through hardship." (Country: Kenya)

"I am proudest of building a house after my husband's death" (Country: Kenya)

"I am proudest of raising my children, educating and feeding them." (Country: Kenya)

"The proudest achievement are my children that I did commit and educated" (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is being fanancialy unstable both from my home to where I am married now can only manage food that we can eat but not so much" (Country: Kenya)