"The biggest hardship I have faced is shouldering a heavy burden of debts.I took loans for school fees and fell sick before full repayment.I could not continue with farming which was the source of income for repayment but the debts accrued.Repaying the debt meant everything else was to wait and life was not easy then." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I have faced is lack of money to feed my family,offer medication and build a better house.Lack of stable income has prompted us to live from hand to mouth." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I have faced is inability to pay school fees for my children.I got involved in an accident and was hispitalised therefore I could not go work to get money for school fees." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I have faced is inability to raise college fees for my son.Seeing him just at home while his peers were in college stressed me up because I expected him to support me financially after his education." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I have faced is marriage conflict emanating from over demanding spouse.I was forced to divorce my wife after being married for 8 years with full dowry paid because she was over demanding and my efforts to seek help from both parents proved futile.I remarried but will not forget the stress that came with the conflict." (Country: Kenya)

"The achievement that am proudest of is having been appointed as the class four prefect last year.I loved the responsibilities that came with being a prefect." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is raising my son Brian after giving birth to him prematurely. The situation made him vulnerable in that I ended up visiting hospital frequently. At 5 months, he was diagnosed with meningitis thus spending more than a month in hospital. It was the lowest moment for me and my family. We spent all our savings on his medication." (Country: Kenya)

"My biggest hardship i face is am always sickling, am asthmatic, this at times forces me to suspend my farming activities and am unable to do my daily chores." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship have faced is the death of my father ten years ago, in my family i am the only child and i spent alot of money treating him in the end i was broke, but still i had to take care of my family plus my mother and i was jobless." (Country: Kenya)

"The biggest hardship I have ever faced in life was in 2011 when my newly built house burnt down,together with all my assets.This really devastated me as we had no money to build a new house and buy the basic household requirements. It was a tough time as we entirely depended on well wishers for food, clothing and shelter." (Country: Kenya)