"The achievement I am proudest of was when I harvested five sacks of maize from my half an acre piece of land. I felt so good because it was a great sign of my hardwork despite being aged."

"The achievement I am proudest of is when I bought a water tank after saving the little I earned from my small scale vegetable vending. I feel good because I can now collect and store alot of water during rainy seasons."

"My proudest achievement is building my own spacious iron-roofed house in my own compound. I used to live in a tiny hut in my father's compound."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is when I had a swelling in my chest and had to undergo a surgery to be removed. I spent alot of money going for medical checkups but I'm glad I was treated and got healed."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in life is that I have low source of income yet I take care of a big family of nine members. Meeting our basic needs is a huge challenge since my income cannot solve meet all our needs."

"The biggest hardship am facing in life is that me and one of my children have been sick for almost a year now, this has made it difficult to adequately provide for their basic needs and get medication since I am unable to do most of the casual jobs."

"Although my husband past six years back, I have managed to raise our four children independently and have also costructed my house where we are currently leaving. "

"The biggest hardship I have faced is lack of enough income to provide food for my family and pay school fees for my children. Due to this, some of them even dropped out of school"

"The achievement I am proudest of is that I have been able to establish a banana farm which has really helped me financially over the years. "

"The biggest hardship I face in my life is that I am very old and I stay in my home alone and at times I am overwhelmed by the household chores while at the same time I need to get food to eat which is not easy for me. "