"The biggest hardship I have faced is having an unreliable source if income making it hard to pay my children's school fees and providing other basic needs for the family."

"The biggest hardship in my life is having an unreliable source of income that has always made it very hard to meet my family's daily needs."

"The achievement I am proudest of is the bumper harvest I had in 2004 which I sold and used the money to build an iron sheet roofed house."

"The achievement I am proudest of is being able to build an iron sheet roofed house as I used to sleep at the neighborhood."

"My biggest hardship was the death of my son-in-law who promised to build me ahouse, his death was sadden and upon hearing it, i was shocked and admitted for check up."

"My proudest achievement is farming, last two harvest i managed seven sacks of maize, i sold four sacks and used the money to build house and the family was also well fed."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is raising secondary school fees for my four children.They are oftenly sent home for fee balances and this has become a hardship balancing between their education and other basic needs in the family."

"My proudest achievement is building my own house that accomodates my entire family and friends.I was entrusted with a loan of ksh.50,000 from my little savings from a sacco, jamii bora trust."

"The biggest hardship I have faced is sickness which came at a time when I didn't have money and this forces my children to contribute cash towards my treatment."

"My biggest hardship in life was difficulty in feeding my family since my husband died and I didn't have a reliable income."