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Family 201, Myanmar
$46

Family 201

Family 201, Myanmar
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Family 201

Family 201, Myanmar
Monthly income
$46
$46
Monthly income

The family lives in Myanmar. R is 81 years old and is a rice farmer. He lives with 6 other family members in a 1-bedroom house and they have been living here for 55 years. The nice thing about the house is that it is close to the rice fields, but the family has no land title of the house. They live here because they were given temporary permission by the government to squat. The next thing they plan on buying are batteries for light. Their dream is to own a piece of land.

The family lives in Myanmar. R is 81 years old and is a rice farmer. He lives with his brother-in-law M, 60 years old, who is also a rice farmer, and his sister-in-law L, 55 years old, who is a housewife. They live with their 3 daughters and a son T, 17 years old, who works as a labourer. The family members work for a total of 238 hours/week. The family lives in a single-room squat, which they built with the help of family and friends. They've been living there for the past 55 years. They like that the house is close to the rice fields but would prefer owning the land. The house has no electricity or running water. The toilet is outside the house and is shared with 8 other households. The family has to buy all their food supplies, which cost about 90% of their income. They use wood for cooking in the kitchen. They collect safe drinking water from a source nearby. Every week, the family spends 30 hours collecting water and Lachmi spends 7 hours collecting wood and 84 hours doing housework. The family hardly saves any money since most of it is spent on food. The last time they went on vacation was several years ago. The furthest place they have ever been was Chennai, India. The next big thing they plan to buy is a car battery (which they will use as a source of energy to light the house). They hope that one day they will be able to fulfill their dream of buying land.

Photo by: Luc Forsyth
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