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over 5 years ago

Benta enrolled.

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is getting cash to pay for my children's school fees."

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over 5 years ago

Alice enrolled.

"The hardship that I face in life is getting food and water to sustain my family."

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over 5 years ago

Caren enrolled.

"The greatest achievement that I am proudest of is that my husband and I were able to start a small business in the form of a shop."

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over 5 years ago

"The achievement I am proudest of is being able to pay my child's college fee, this was through much struggle."

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over 5 years ago

Josphine enrolled.

"The achievement I am proudest of is being able to construct a pit latrine and also being able to pay fees for my child until she completed high school."

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over 5 years ago

Caroline enrolled.

"The biggest hardship that I face is raising school fees for my children."

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over 5 years ago

"The achievement I am proudest of is being able to pay school fees for my children even when times are tough."

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over 5 years ago

Erick enrolled.

"The achievement i'm proud of in life is that I own some property inform of livestock."

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over 5 years ago

Collin enrolled.

"The biggest hardship i have faced is feeding the big family that we adopted following the death of my parents in-laws."

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over 5 years ago

Pamela enrolled.

"The achievement i'm proudest of is that i got good harvest in the last season."

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