The family lives in Myanmar. K is 46 years old and is a rice farmer. His wife M is 41 years old and they have 5 children. They live in a 1-room house and have been living here for 4 years. The family moved here to start a fresh life after they tragically lost their son to a fatal snake bite. The worst thing about their house is that it gets affected by flooding during the rainy season. Their own fields were flooded in the previous season, destroying all the crops which were the main source of the family’s income. Now the father is instead working on other people’s farms in exchange for rice. This has plunged the family deeper into poverty, but hopefully, things will be better with the next harvest. Their next big spending plan is to buy food supplies and their dream is to one day be able to buy a piece of land.

The family lives in Myanmar. M is a 41-year-old mother of five whose husband, 46-year-old K, is a rice farm labourer. Their rice fields were recently flooded and lost, so now K is instead working on other people’s farms in exchange for rice. The flooding plunged their family deeper into poverty, but hopefully, things will be better with the next harvest. Their oldest child, 17-year-old L, works as a carpenter for 65 hours per week. The remaining four children are daughters: Y, 12 years old; D, 11 years old; C, 8 years old; and E, 3 years old. The three oldest daughters attend school. The family is squatting in a one-room structure built with plant materials. They moved here four years ago in search of a fresh start after losing a son to a snake bite. The home has a generator, but it is currently broken, so the family makes do without electricity. There is a private toilet located outdoors. There isn’t much that the family enjoys about the home and owns no possession important enough to try to save from a disaster, even though flooding is a particular problem. The family produces almost all of its own food, and gathers rainwater for drinking. Food is cooked with wood for fuel, which Macho spends about 14 hours per week gathering. They have never been on vacation, and do not save money. The only thing they are planning to buy is food, but they dream of one day owning their own land.