she is visited regularly by nancy ramos, who helps her improve her life, step by step. works for fundacion paraguaya, the organization that also mediated the loan. when ramos comes to visit, she brings along a computer and a questionnaire she calls the poverty stoplight. p>> when i ask a family if they're poor, they often don't know how to answer. they can't put their poverty into words. with our stoplight system, we can find out step by step how the poverty manifests itself. p>> the key is that martha meza assesses her situation herself, from her finances to her health. the questions ramos asks are very specific. the savings indicator. this picture means the family has no savings. this one means they're able to save sometimes. and this family saves for up to six months. p>> the goal is to get from red to yellow to green. at each visit, they identify areas of progress and deficits. one red light for martha meza is the bathroom. p>> right now, what i most need is a new bathroom. i want all of this to become more modern. the wall, the floor, everything. better for my fami