"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is how to feed my family. Last year I spent a lot of money on farming and ended up getting nothing to take home." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is being a widow, I have to play both the roles of a father and mother at the same time." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I have faced is lack of school fees particularly in third term.This has negatively affected my performance in school because most of the time am out of school." (Country: Kenya)

"I spent 400,000ugx of my second transfer for bailing my brother from prison, i got land on mortgage at 1,000,000ugx, i bought one bag of groundnuts at 200,000ugx, i used the balance for purchasing a tree that i will log and use it for burning bricks." (Country: Uganda)

"I spent my second transfer on purchase of 4 goats at 80,000ugx each, i got land on mortgage at 1,200,000ugx. I used the balance for buying a bed and food." (Country: Uganda)

"The biggest hardship i am faced with is famine. Many times I have tried to cultivate but water consumes the plants. No yields can be harvested." (Country: Uganda)

"The biggest hardship i am faced with is inadequacy of farm land." (Country: Uganda)

"The biggest hardship i am faced with is inadequacy of money to pay school fees for my children. " (Country: Uganda)

"Inadequacy of farm land that would otherwise support farming activity." (Country: Uganda)

"My biggest hardship is finding means to support my dad and self during dry seasons since I depend on farming which I venture in only during rainy seasons. " (Country: Kenya)