The family lives in Tunisia. M is 47 years old and works as a mason. His wife Y is 44 years old and they have 5 children. They own a 2-bedroom house which has been their residence for 2 years. They are planning to buy a fridge and their dream is to be able to buy some household items.

The family lives in Tunisia. M is 47 years old and works as a mason. His wife Y is 44 years old. They live with their daughter G, 14 years old, and their 2 sons B, 12 years old, and K, 6 years old, and their twins E (boy) and R (girl), 5 years old. M works for a total of 30 hours/week. The family lives in a 2-bedroom house, which they own and got built with the help of family and friends. They’ve been living there for past 2 years. The house has reliable electricity and toilet facility. The family has to buy all their food, which cost them about 50% of their income. They use natural gas and wood for cooking in the kitchen. They also spend up to 10% of their income on buying clean drinking water. Every week, Y spends 5 hours collecting water and 12 hours collecting wood. The family hardly saves any money since most of it is spent on food and water. The next big thing they plan to buy is a fridge. They hope that one day they will be able to fulfill their dream of buying more household items.