"The proudest achievement is that I have been able to support my family through farming since my husband died."

"The biggest hardship is paying school fees for our siblings since we have no proper jobs and our parents are not there to help them."

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that we don't have a piece of land that we can use in planting crops hence we are forced to hire people's farms which is expensive for us to manage."

"The biggest hardship is raising my family since I don't have a proper job we only live from hand to mouth."

"The achievement that I am proudest of is that we were able to build our house using savings that we had accumulated from the small business of shopkeeping that I do and the motorcycle business of my husband."

"My proudest achievement is having been able to cater for my families basic needs by using money that I get from selling my farm produce."

"My proudest achievement is having been able to finally have my own homestead. In our culture having one's own homestead is a status symbol and those living in their parent's homesteads are looked down upon. Thus nowadays I can proudly walk in our village."

"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of a proper house, I do not have enough money to build my family a house and now we are squatting at my brother's home, this situation is humiliating and dehumanising as I feel that I have let my family down."

"My proudest achievement is having saved quite a substantial amount of money that I get from my motorcycle taxi and these savings have helped quite a lot whenever my family needs anything or an unexpected expense arises."

"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of enough money to pay school fees for my children especially those in secondary schools, if I am unable to raise the required fees they may drop out of school."