"My biggest hardship in life is lack of proper source of income to sustain my family."

"My proudest achievement is that l struggled to build my own house since my husband died when we did not have any house."

"My proudest achievement is that l have struggled to start my own business though very small."

"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is that I am suffering from a chest infection. This cannot allow me to go to the farm and therefore I have to depend on well wishers for food."

"My proudest achievement is that I have managed to grow groundnuts. This has enabled me get food and sustain my family."

"My proudest achievement is that I have managed to buy five goats. I managed to do this from the savings that I made from the sale of charcoal."

"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is when I became sick and bedridden. I could not do farming that year and that made me become a victim of hunger. I had to depend on well wishers and neighbours for food."

"My proudest achievement is that I have been able to pay my son's school fees up to college level. I have managed this through the little income that I get from the sale of charcoal and farm produce."

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that of getting school fees for my children as my source of income is very low."

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is paying school fees for my children is difficult as our income source is inadequate to cater for the high school fees."