Ruma Begum, 28, a fish farmer in southern Bangladesh, and her son Bulbul.
Bulbul, 7, and his father Mambubur Rahman (Babul), 36, brush their teeth in the morning.
Ruma Begum, 28, a fish farmer in southern Bangladesh, helps her son, Bulbul, get ready for school.
Ruma Begum, 28, a fish farmer in southern Bangladesh, helps her son, Bulbul, get ready for school.
Ruma Begum, 28, a fish farmer in southern Bangladesh, doing chores at home.
Before becoming a fish farmer, Ruma Begum raised chickens and ducks.
Mambubur Rahman (Babul), 36, casts his net into a nearby fish pond.
Mambubur Rahman (Babul), 36, casts his net into a nearby fish pond.
Ruma Begum, 28, a fish farmer in southern Bangladesh, feeds her fish in one of her three fish ponds.
One of Ruma Begum's fish ponds
Ruma Begum, 28, a fish farmer in southern Bangladesh, receives payment for her fish purchased by a local fish monger.
Ruma Begum, 28, a fish farmer in southern Bangladesh, shares what she's learned about fish farming with her neighbors.
Through training funded by USAID Ruma Begum, 28, learned about farming vegetables next to her fish ponds and how to improve her family's nutrition.
Through training funded by USAID Ruma Begum, 28, learned about farming vegetables next to her fish ponds and how to improve her family's nutrition.
Ruma Begum, 28, a fish farmer in southern Bangladesh, uses her extra income from fish farming to pay for a tudor for her son, Bulbul, 7.
Ruma Begum, 28, a fish farmer in southern Bangladesh, shares what she's learned about fish farming with her neighbors.
Ruma Begum, 28, a fish farmer in southern Bangladesh, shares what she's learned about fish farming with her neighbors.
