CNA | Don't Call Us Poor | E04: Counting Every Cent

FROM THE ARCHIVE: This series first aired on TV in 2015. Maslinda Alil is 43 and the proud mother of baby number 7. With so many mouths to feed, there’s never enough money at home. Maslinda hopes her daughter Rina won’t follow in her footsteps but it might be too late. At 19, Rina is newly married and pregnant with her first child. About the show: Don’t Call Us Poor is a ground-breaking series on low-income families in Singapore. Over four months, five families in Bukit Merah invited cameras into their lives, allowing fly-on-the-wall access as they navigate the ups and downs of life on social assistance.What emerges is a vivid portrait of a little-known and little-understood world. #Singapore #poverty Full playlist:    • Don't Call Us Poor   For more on our long-form documentaries, head to CNA Insider:    / cnainsider   For more on the latest news, subscribe to our channel here: https://cna.asia/youtubesub Subscribe to our Telegram news service: https://t.me/cnalatest Follow us: CNA: https://cna.asia CNA Lifestyle: http://www.cnalifestyle.com Facebook:   / channelnewsasia   Instagram:   / channelnewsasia   Twitter:   / channelnewsasia