"My proudest achievement is having passed my class eight national examinations, now I am in form one and looking forward to joining university after four years."

"My proudest achievement is having established my own business now I am earning income which helps me meet my basic needs."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life has been lack of a steady source of income and this greatly interrupted my education."

"The biggest hardship I've faced in life is dire hardship that rendered me helpless, not being able to pay school fees for my children and grandchildren. "

"The biggest hardship I've faced in life is sleeping in a house with poor roof especially during rainy season, I get rained on all night."

"The biggest hardship I've faced in life is my husband's illness. I used all my savings for medication but his health keeps deteriorating. "

"The biggest hardship I've faced in life is old age, l can't provide for my family as I did during my younger days. "

"The achievement I am proudest of in life, is having operated my business from which, as a widow I managed to save some money. I used my savings from the business to buy materials for building the house I am currently living in."

"The achievement I am proudest of in life, is my outstanding performance in my studies. This has earned me an opportunity to study in one of the universities in Kenya unlike my siblings. I am indeed, the very first from our family to be enrolled to the public university."

"The biggest hardship I face in my life is that my husband was arrested and jailed thereby forcing me to fend for my children all alone. This has really burdened me considering the fact that I don't have a stable source of income."