A client/member is considered to have moved out of poverty if her family fulfills the following criteria:
1. | The family lives in a house worth at least Tk. 25,000 (twenty five thousand) or a house with a tin roof, and each member of the family is able to sleep on bed instead of on the floor. | |
2. | Family members drink pure water of tube-wells, boiled water or water purified by using alum, arsenic-free, purifying tablets or pitcher filters. | |
3. | All children in the family over six years of age are all going to school or finished primary school. | |
4. | Minimum weekly loan installment of the borrower is Tk. 200 or more. | |
5. | Family uses sanitary latrine. | |
6. | Family members have adequate clothing for every day use, warm clothing for winter, such as shawls, sweaters, blankets, etc, and mosquito-nets to protect themselves from mosquitoes. | |
7. | Family has sources of additional income, such as vegetable garden, fruit-bearing trees, etc, so that they are able to fall back on these sources of income when they need additional money. | |
8. | The borrower maintains an average annual balance of Tk. 5,000 in her savings accounts. | |
9. | Family experiences no difficulty in having three square meals a day throughout the year, i. e. no member of the family goes hungry any time of the year. | |
10. | Family can take care of the health. If any member of the family falls ill, family can afford to take all necessary steps to seek adequate healthcare. |
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