"The biggest hardship I have face in my life is having low income thereby making it hard pay school fees for my children as one has opted to repeat a class due to inability to attend classes regularly." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship have faced in my life is the death of my daughter in 2010, she had HIV/AIDS and i spent alot of cash on her treatment but finaly she passed on, it was hard to accept but finally have moved on with life." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is marital conflicts since 2015 when my spouse married a second wife. He has neglected my household and doesn't support our upkeep. " (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is having to deal with my children's constant sickness, and lack of enough money to get proper medical care for them. " (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face is providing food for my family. Last year we had low harvest, our crops failed and this has made it difficult for me to provide other necessities for my family because I spend most of my earnings on buying food." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I face is lack of money for proper medication. I was diagnosed with high blood pressure and I haven't got proper treatment because I can't afford some of the prescribed drugs. For this reason, my condition worsens and therefore I can't do my daily routine duties like I used to." (Country: Kenya)

"My biggest hardship was when all my household items burnt down to ashes in the year 2012 due to an electric fault that left my family stranded for there was no shelter and no one to lean on to.This situation was so devastating that I had to relocate from Kisumu town to my rural home." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I have faced is sickness and subsequent inability to pay medical bills.At one point I was held in a hospital for one week and my father inlaw had to borrow money to clear the bills. " (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I have faced is lack of money for treatment.I got involved in motorcycle accident and could not raise money for proper medication.This draggged my recovery to six months because I was just relying on people of good will for medication." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I have faced is lack of employment.Taking care of my two children when I had no source of income was very difficult because the children were mostly out of school and going hungry. I had to take a step of creating a source of income by starting up a business." (Country: Kenya)