"The biggest hardship we have faced in life is getting a source of income financial instability has brought us down"

"My proudest achievement is that I have managed to buy livestock. I was able to do it after saving money for three years."

"The biggest difficulty that I have faced in my life was when I dropped out of school. There wasn't money for my school fees and nobody wanted to support me. I was forced to drop out of school. It was painful to me."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life is lack of money. I have really struggled to give my children good education."

"My proudest achievement was being able to feed my children after my husband's demise by engaging in fish trade."

"The achievement I am proudest of is that initially we used to stay in a grass thatched house and through our motorcycle taxi business we were able to build a house with iron sheet roofing."

"The achievement am proudest was educating my eldest child to university level through some businesses I used to run. although my other children did not get to that level, I still feel happy and proud."

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that getting food for my family and school fees is a challenge as my source of income is very low to sustain my needs."

"The biggest hardship I face in my life is that I don't have a job currently and I have a big family of eight people that all need food, clothes and education and I am not able to provide all that."

"The biggest hardship I have is a reduction in productivity at my farm and thus my income has reduced."