"My proudest achievement is having joined a women's support group and after saving for a while I was able to build my current house. It was difficult saving our earnings from odd jobs but in the end it was worth it. "

"My proudest achievement is having joined a merry go round (informal savings group) and managed to save some money which I used to buy some chairs for my house. "

"My proudest achievement is having educated my daughter, she recently cleared her secondary school education. This was possible because I saved money that I got from selling my farm produce. "

"The achievement I am proudest of is the fact that every season, I grow some corn and rice, which my family consumes, so that we don't have to spend so much money on food. "

"The achievement I am proudest of is building our own home from the savings we've made over the years."

"The achievement I am proudest of is taking care of my children after their father passed away several years ago. "

"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of enough money to buy farm inputs like seeds and fertiliser, I also need to buy some oxen and a ploughing machine which will assist me when I am tilling my farm."

"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of enough money to pay school fees for my son and daughter who are in secondary schools, if I am unable to raise the required fees they may have to defer their studies."

"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of a sustainable source of income for myself, I am a widow and taking care of my family is really difficult, at times my family lacks essential items which I wish I could afford. "

"The biggest hardship I am facing is how to adequately provide for my children, because sometimes what I get is not enough. "