"The achievement that am most proud of is my house.Having lived in a rental house for twelve years and worked as motorcycle taxi operator,I managed to save and build this house. Now am living in my own house and home and that am much proud of." (Campaign: UBI)

"The biggest hardship I have faced is difficulty in providing basic needs to my family. I have a relatively bigger family and when am not in business like now,I find it extremely difficult to provide for them." (Campaign: UBI)

"I use to live in a grass touched house. The house was very small and could not accommodate my big family and through hardworking I have been able to build a better house made of sheets and timbers and that is my proudest achievement." (Campaign: UBI)

"The hardship I have ever faced is falling into the hands of fraudsters. In 2014 I bought a land that was already sold to another person. I had taken a huge loan for the same. I went through a series of trauma raising the money to repay the loan." (Campaign: UBI)

"In the year 2012, I planted maize on my farm and that year experienced a heavy infestation of maize disease. The infestation was so severe that all my maize crop were destroyed and I ended up with zero production. For the whole of the year, I had to keep buying maize day in day out for subsistence use with my family . This for me was the biggest hardship I have ever experienced. " (Campaign: UBI)

"Despite not having a piece of land to start tea farming-which has been my dream, I have been able to carry out tea buying and selling business from the nearest farmers. This business has enabled me provide for my family needs and to save little by little which I intend to purchase a piece of land with. This is the achievement I am proudest of. " (Campaign: UBI)

"In the year 2013, I started tea farming on a small scale level and four years down the line I have been extending the acreage gradually. From tea sales, I have been able to realize increased returns yearly and as a result I have been able to not only provide for my family but also to save for future use. This has been my proudest achievement. " (Campaign: UBI)

"The achievement i am proudest of is my decision to start a cereals business. I struggled a lot to get capital to start my business last year but now i can see the fruits of my hard work. I am the breadwinner of my family and i am happy since i can at least afford to buy them food." (Campaign: UBI)

"When I got married and wanted to have a family of my own, my husband took me to his home. His parents had passed on and he was left with nine of his siblings to take care of. Together with him, we had to raise them as I had to be like their second mother. Life was so tough since I was not employed and the little my husband could provide was not enough for all of us. I had to wait for long so as to be able to bear children of my own and that motherhood feeling had to be prolonged. This became the biggest hardship of my life." (Campaign: UBI)

"The biggest hardship in my life is when I felt sick and I was admitted to sotik dispensary for one week with malaria and Tuberculosis.I couldn't continue with my duty as a shopkeeper and so my family was left hungry " (Campaign: UBI)