Grameen Bank
Grameen Bank closely monitors whether its members are successfully escaping poverty by conducting annual evaluations through dedicated field workers. A family is considered to have moved out of the poverty zone when it fulfills all ten of the following indicators â covering housing, nutrition, healthcare, education, and overall quality of life.
A family is assessed as poverty-free when it meets all 10 of the criteria listed below.
The family lives in a house worth at least Tk. 80,000 (Eighty 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.
Family members drink pure water of tube-wells, boiled water or water purified by using alum, arsenic-free, purifying tablets or pitcher filters.
All children in the family over six years of age are all going to school or finished primary school.
Minimum weekly loan installment of the borrower is Tk. 200 or more.
Family uses sanitary latrine
Family members have adequate clothing for everyday use, warm clothing for winter, such as shawls, sweaters, blankets, etc, and mosquito-nets to protect themselves from mosquitoes.
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.
The borrower maintains an average annual balance of Tk. 5,000 in her savings accounts.
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.
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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