"The biggest hardship I am facing is the sickness of my son who has got cancer and needs to go for chemotherapy,and yet I don't have the money. "

"The biggest hardship I am facing is the lack of money to pay school fees for our children, some of whom were recently sent away from school because I did not pay their fees in time. "

"The biggest hardship I am facing is the lack of money, because sometimes we fail to find work at the rice farms. "

"The achievement I am proudest of is building our home, even in the face of hardships. "

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

"My proudest achievement is having planted sweet potatoes in my farm, when I harvested and sold the produce I was able to build my current house which is my pride and joy. "

"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of a sustainable source of income and ill health. The illness has greatly impacted on my ability to work and thus my family sometimes makes do with one or two meals a day. "

"My proudest achievement is having joined a merry go round (informal savings group), I managed to save 10,000 Kenya Shillings which I used to lease a piece of land. I planted sweet potatoes and after harvesting and selling the produce I was able to buy a cow and some furniture for my house."

"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of enough money to pay fees for my daughter who is supposed to join a college or a university. If I am unable to raise the required fees she may have to defer her studies."

"The biggest hardship that I face right now is lack of enough money to pay college fees for me. Ever since my parents died I have been the sole breadwinner for my siblings, this means that I any money I get from farming has to be used to pay their school fees and I have had to shelve my ambition of being a teacher."