"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that school fees for our children is a burden and at times we go to bed hungry due to lack of food as our income is very low."

"The achievement I am proudest of is that my husband died and left me with kids when they were very young and I did not have anyone that I could rely on for assistance so I just used my business of rearing chicken and selling groceries to take care of them till the level they have reached in education and life."

"The biggest hardship I have is lack of a sustainable source of income, this therefore means that I cannot live a comfortable life."

"My proudest achievement is having started a small business which has enabled me purchase household items and furniture by saving the profits."

"The biggest hardship I face currently is lack of enough money to pay school fees for my children, I am currently out of work and my husband, who is the sole breadwinner, often gets very little money from his motorcycle taxi."

"The proudest achievement that I can think of is having built my house, I managed to do this by saving profits that I was able to get when I used to sell maize."

"The achievement that I am proudest of is having worked as a house help, I was able to assist my family sustain themselves."

"The achievement that I am proudest of is having built my house, this is because when my spouse died, my house burnt down but I managed to make sisal, sell them and build this house."

"The achievement that I am proudest is having educated my boy up to college, this is because I managed to do this by working in a sand quarry and it was difficult work."

"The biggest hardship that I face in my life is that I am a widow and staying as a single parent is not easy hence supporting my children in terms of school fees and the food they eat at times is hard."