The family lives in Bangladesh. S is 40 years old and she is a business woman. She has three children and they live with her in a 1-room house. The family owns the house and have been living here for 20 years. Their next plan is to buy a computer and their dream is to be able to buy a refrigerator someday.

The family lives in Bangladesh. S is 40 years old and she is a business woman. She has three children, B is 11 years old, L is 13 years old and U is 4 years old. S works 70 hours a week. L also has a part time job for 14 hours a week. The family lives in a one-room house, which they built themselves. They have been living here for 20 years. The house has electricity, but faces frequent power cuts. They have drinking water in the house, but share an outside toilet with 2 other households. Nearly all their income is spent on buying food. They use wood as fuel for cooking and L spends 14 hours a week collecting wood. S and B each spend 14 hours a week looking after the household business. The family does not save money, but have plans to buy a computer. They hope one day to fulfill their dream of buying a refrigerator.