The family lives in Nigeria. B is 40 years old and she is a fish trader. She lives with her 4 sons and 4 daughters. They live in a 2-room house, which they own, and have been living here for 30 years. Their favorite item in the house is the photo album. The next thing they plan on buying is roof material for their house. The family’s dream is to someday buy a piece of land to build their house.

The family lives in Nigeria. B is 40 years old and she is a fish trade worker. Her eldest sons T, 23 years old, and S, 18 years old, are fishermen. The other children are 2 sons J, 6 years old, and D, 4 years old, and 4 daughters, G, 16 years old, P and K, both 12 years old, and W, 10 years old. All the children are students. Together, the family works for a total of 124 hours/week. The family lives in a 2-room house, which they own and got built with the help of relatives. They’ve been living here for the past 30 years. The house has a leaky roof, no electricity and the toilet is outside the house and shared with 2 other families. The family has to buy all their food supplies, which cost them about 90% of their income. They use charcoal for cooking in the kitchen. The children spend 7 hours a week collecting water. The family hardly saves any money because most of it is spent on food. They’ve never been on vacation and the furthest they have ever been was Cotonou, in the Republic of Benin. Their favorite item in the house is the photo album. The next thing they plan to buy is roofing materials. They hope that one day they will be able to fulfill their dream of buying some land to build their house.