"The biggest hardship that we face in our life is that making ropes from sisal is not an easy job and getting money out of it is a slow process as we have to wait for it to be sold so that we can buy food."

"The biggest hardship I face right now is paying school fees for my children, this is because I currently have two children in secondary school and the fee's are very high."

"My proudest achievement is having helped many women give birth through my services as a traditional midwife."

"My proudest achievement is having bought iron sheets for my house, this was after I had worked very many casual jobs and saved the earnings."

"The biggest hardship I have is lack of a good house and household items, and my finances are limited, such that I cannot afford any of the above mentioned."

"The biggest hardship I face right now is lack of school fees for my seven remaining children."

"The biggest hardship I have is that my husband lacks a steady source of income, thus we usually only depend on the small business we have."

"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is lack of adequate income. I work for someone being that I don't have my own boat and sometimes I am being mistreated and threatened to be sacked."

"My proudest achievement is that I have been able to build my own house. This was after saving for several months from my small business."

"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is having inadequate land. I don't have any other land that I own a part from my compound. This means that I can't grow crops unless I rent a piece of land elsewhere at a fee. I am even worried about where my sons will build their homes in future."