The two contexts in which the SHOUHARDO III Program is working, i.e., the middle and northern Chars Region and the Haor Region, have common features in that regular annual disasters are normal, not an exception; populations are relatively mobile with at least some members of PEP households usually migrating seasonally to find work; markets are difficult to access in the monsoon season, especially in more remote parts of each region; and the percentage of female-headed households is slightly higher than in the rest of Bangladesh.