"Our proudest achievement is that we have built our father a house and he is no longer rained on."

"The biggest hardship I face in life is lack of a good source of income because I would love to be in a position to operate my own business and assist with the financial needs of my family."

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that getting food to eat and school fees for my children is a problem as my income is very low and I have children who are all going to school and I have a huge school fee debt of Ksh. 70,000 for college and Kshs. 80,000 for my two kids in secondary school."

"Our proudest achievement is that we have assets that we have acquired through fishing such as a house and livestock."

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that I am a widow and unlike in the past when my husband was alive and we could share responsibilities at home, now I find myself doing everything alone and it is not easy as my income is very low."

"The proudest achievement is that I have taken care of my children and now they are adults."

"The proudest achievement is that I have taken care of my brothers since my parents passed away. I have taken them to school,one is in the university and another is operating his own tailoring shop in kisii town. I have done all this through farming."

"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is when I separated with my husband. He became so hostile with me for no reason and decided to chase me out of his life. I currently feel burdened because I have got three kids who I take care of and I don't have a stable source of income."

"Our proudest achievement is that we have been able to build iron roofed house for our family. We used to live in a thatched house but we later saved money which we used to build our present house."

"My proudest achievement is that I have been able to build a house for my family. I was able to do this from the little income that I get from charcoal making."