"My proudest achievement is I have managed to plant tea in my small piece of land which is 0.4 acres. My parents gave me that piece of land in 2011 and a friend of mine gave me the seedlings. My greatest desire was to plant tea and after accomplishing it, my family's needs have been met and that makes me glad."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is managing the little money I get from the business to pay School fees and to meet the needs of my family. I have been desiring to improve my business but due to other family needs and School fees it has been hard for me improve it."

"The achievement I am proudest of is that, despite the fact that I don't have enough income, I am still able to take care of my family through selling of sugarcane ."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life, is constantly being sent away from school due to accumulated fee areas. This has to a great extent affected my academic performance."

"My husband felt sick and later passed on 25 years ago leaving me to fend for my children alone. The little money we had was used to settle medical bills and funeral expenses. The biggest hardship has been raising my children single handedly and without any money, leaving me with no choice but to work extra hard through casual work and at times the money i get is too little for us to have three meals a day."

"I bought seven seater sofa set worth 27000 KES because I did not have presentable seats and I have been longing to have one though I did not have money to buy.I also bought a cupboard worth 12000 KES since I did not have a place where I can store my utensils."

"I spent my third transfer to pay school fees for my children worth 20,000 KES and the remaining amount I spent in my household needs."

"I spent my third transfer on purchasing sand that I used for cementing my house that was previously made of mud and because of this, I could smear it during rainny seasons which was hectic. I also cleared school fees for my son in high school which had piled up and bought food that we ate as a family."

"The achievement that I am proud of in my life is the time i managed to get small capital to start my business this has really assisted me and my family"

"The biggest hardship we have faced is the time when our first born died after becoming sick for around one year we really used a lot of money trying to look for medication."