"My proudest achievement is that I have worked hard and built my house. I now have a place to rest when I come from work."

"The biggest hardship we face in life is that we have no proper source of income and our children are about to get to secondary school. This is because my spouse is a teacher on contract who is paid very little and I survive on casual jobs which don't help much."

"My proudest achievement is that I have been able to feed my family yet I have no proper source of income."

"The achievement I am proudest of is that in the past we used to stay in a rental house in Rongai town and we managed to save cash that we were getting from working in stone quarries that enabled us to come back home and build our own home on our land."

"My biggest hardship has been to raise money that can enable me build my own house."

"My biggest hardship is lack of a reliable source of income. My income is too low and sometimes it's not easy for me to raise school fees for my children."

"The biggest hardship I face is lack of enough food, since we did not plant last season. We have to buy food."

"The achievement am proudest of is doing business. I deal in fish business. Thos has enabled me to provide basic needs for the kids. I am a proud mother."

"The biggest hardship I face is the burden of school fees. I live with orphans from the larger extended family."

"The achievement am proudest of is educating my cousin through high school. He is like a brother to me, since his parents are not able I took the initiative to help out."