"The main challenge that we are facing today in my family is food insecurity. This has been occasioned by failure of maize farming in our region due to changes in climatic conditions over the recent past. This farming venture had been our source of food as well as livelihood for the longest time and when it failed we were left to depend on casual jobs to earn a living. This meant a reduction in food portions for the family and reduced income. The gap that was left by the venture is so big and casual jobs will never bridge it."

"I face a myriad of challenges, top on the list is lack of money to be able to better my life. Coming by money nowadays is a big deal. The ends do not meet and there is no easy day. I lag behind because of it, when I try to engage in farming I cannot afford the inputs, and even buying clothes is a tall order. Money is a big enabler, it is almost everything. For now I only struggle to get disposable income to purchase foodstuff but on any development front it is not possible."

"I have been facing a severe food insecurity. The situation was made worse by the outbreak of lethal maize necrosis disease that ravaged our crops. I no longer do maize farming and I have resorted to buying maize grains from the nearby Kapkwen market. Life has been unbearable since the cost of living has gone up to unprecedented levels. The cost of a 2Kg packet of maize flour goes at $2.30 up from $0.8 which is sometimes unaffordable.The price of cooking fat has spiraled also and nowadays I do not cook using the fat and the quality of the food I eat is so poor."

"I am a trained carpenter having learned from a neighbor through apprenticeship. Lately, it has become hard to get jobs unlike before possibly because the cost of living has spiraled unlike before. I have had to look for other jobs to survive on, I am employed sometimes as a motorcycle rider and at the end of the day get paid depending on the amount of money I make, they use a commission basis. The pay is so little unlike my conventional job of house construction, coupled with the high cost of living my standard of living has taken a nose dive. It is a struggle to put food on the table nowadays."

"I plan to build a structure on our parcel of land for the purpose of operating my tailoring business in order to enhance it and make it more marketable. I currently sew at home, but I seldom ever have customers because few people, outside a few neighbors, are aware that I do it. This has prevented me from experimenting with more trendy looks, and as a result, my productivity has been constrained. I already have some money set up for the construction, and if I combine it with the monthly payment, it will be completed by the end of June. I'll start selling fabrics and other business-related items in addition to sewing. Hopefully, there will be lots of sales and lots of money made."

"I have been having a toothache.It is itching a lot, this is the second tooth that is giving me sleepless nights after another one was removed last month at Makimeny clinic where the affected tooth was removed and I got relieved. Another one has since started to itch , it is so painful. I have just woken up, I did not sleep the whole night because of the pain that I was going through. I had wanted to go back to the dentist but I lacked $ 6 required for the procedure.I have been surviving on painkillers all this time.I have suffered a lot."

"Our house doesn't offer us the comfort of a home we wish we had. For instance, we wish the floor was cemented and we had comfortable sofa sets and a bed plus mattress but we are unable to afford this due to lack of source of income."