Family portraits are tools for understanding and communicating how real families organise their time and other assets over time to make a living. The process of making and sharing the family portrait has the capacity to take individual and family perspectives to the level of policy change.

A summary card of this tool is available to download in four languages in PDF format:

English (45K) | French (48K) | Spanish (46K) | Portuguese (48K)

The complete tool is also available (PDF format):

English (413K, 21pp) | French (920K, 25pp) | Spanish (437K, 25pp) | Portuguese (915K, 25pp)

Please cite this tool as:

Cochrane, K. 2005. Family portraits. Power tools series. SOS-Sahel International, Oxford, UK and International Institute for Environment and Development, London, UK.

For further information:

• Contact: Katherine Cochrane, katherinec@rainforestuk.com