"The biggest hardship am facing is am a single mother and am jobless I need to go to college but I don't have the money to pay school fees since I depend on burning charcoal for sustainability. "

"The proudest achievement is I was able to farm and harvest 5 bags of maize contrary to initially where I used to harvest 2 bags. "

"The biggest hardship am facing is, paying school fees for my son is very hard since I don't have a stable income I depend on casual work for sustainability and sometimes even providing for my family needs is hard. "

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is living in my community as a widow, which means I am so vulnerable because there is no one to protect me. "

"The achievement I am proudest of is enrolling my son in secondary after his father died and left him young. "

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of money to pay school fees for my children in time. Sometimes they stay at home for days on end, waiting for me to raise money through making and selling sisal ropes. "

"The achievement I am proudest of is buying some goats which I keep in my compound. "

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is dropping out of college due to lack of college fees. "

"The achievement I am proudest of paying dowry for my wife, which has given me a lot of peace with my in laws. "

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of enough food because life here in our village means one has to go into the forest, chop wood, and sell it as firewood, which is not an easy job. "