"My proudest achievement is building my current house. I had been living in a grass thatched house for many years but now live in a better permanent house though it is not completely finished." (Campaign: UBI)

"The biggest hardship I have lately faced is severe famine following a long drought. My crops dried up in the field and barely nothing was produced. I had to strain so much to ensure that my family got food. It was exhaustive and tiresome. Real struggle." (Campaign: UBI)

"When i was in form three,i was sent home from school to collect fees.Back home,my parents were unable to raise it hence i had to drop out of school for one year.I was so depressed and in that period i became pregnant and gave birth to a baby boy.Even though i eventually went back to complete my studies,my family has never treated me very well since i had my baby" (Campaign: UBI)

"The biggest hardship that am facing is raising school fees for my children.I took a loan to pay for their fees and sometimes when the farm does not yield enough it becomes difficult to pay the loan as well as paying school fees." (Campaign: UBI)

"I was brought up in a very poor family where getting even the most basic things was hard.Sometimes even getting a meal in a day was hard,getting school fees was also difficult and this was always frustrating.As I grew up and had my own family,I cannot also provide them enough and i always wish my children could have a better life than i had.This is the biggest hardship i have faced" (Campaign: UBI)

"I am currently a form two student at Balek Secondary school. The achievement I am proudest of is having acquired secondary education. Though I am not through yet, my plan is to work hard and acquire a certificate to take me to college where I intend to pursue a course in nursing. I am proud of going to secondary school because it has opened my mind to realize the career I want to pursue." (Campaign: UBI)

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life was in 2016 when I had forgo school for three months due to lack of fees. It was hard because I was about to sit for a national exam; the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) yet I didn't have the necessary reading materials at home. This predicament was consequent to my mother's admission to Tenwek hospital for cancer which drained our family financially. I went back to school later but failed my exam. I accepted the results but I do not intend to continue with my education. " (Campaign: UBI)

"Last year I felt sick, my legs were paralyzed and so I couldn't continue with my tomatoe farming. This was the time My children need me the most, all my two sons were joining secondary school and the daughter was to join college. I was unable to pay for their school fees, thanks to the county government for coming to my rescue with Bursary and this was my biggest hardship in my life" (Campaign: UBI)

"The achievement I am proudest of is enrolling my daughter to one of the best private primary school in our village. Her brightness has always motivated me to work hard in my tea farmingto raise school fees for her " (Campaign: UBI)

"The biggest hardship in my life is when I planted maize and I used a lot of money to buy fertilizers and seeds, in the middle of the season there was an outbreak of maize disease which destroyed all the crops. That year I got no yields at all and hence I lackedto feed my family and money to pay school fees for my children" (Campaign: UBI)