"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that I am a widow and unlike in the past when my husband was alive and we could share responsibilities at home, now I find myself doing everything alone and it is not easy as my income is very low."

"The biggest hardship is that since I lost my husband it has not been easy raising my children as a single parent."

"The proudest achievement is that I have taken care of my brothers since my parents passed away. I have taken them to school,one is in the university and another is operating his own tailoring shop in kisii town. I have done all this through farming."

"The biggest hardship that I have faced in life is when I separated with my husband. He became so hostile with me for no reason and decided to chase me out of his life. I currently feel burdened because I have got three kids who I take care of and I don't have a stable source of income."

"The biggest hardship that we have faced in life is that we don't have a stable source of income."

"My proudest achievement is that I have been able to build a house for my family. I was able to do this from the little income that I get from charcoal making."

"The biggest hardship I face in life is that I lack money to meet all my basic needs because a large amount of my savings are spent on educating my children."

"My biggest hardship in life is lack of proper source of income to sustain my family."

"My biggest hardship is that I don't have a toilet and right now I cannot afford to build one because of financial constraints."

"My proudest achievement is that l own a sugarcane farm and I am happy that I have many customers who buy sugarcane from me hence I'm sure of a daily income."