Saidul Islam Montu, Betagi (Barguna) :
Abul Hossain (43), bread earner of a 5-member family, lives in a remote village in Bangladesh called Glatoli of Fulzuri union of Barguna district.
His daily income as a day labourer was $1.25, which was too little to run his family. He even worked as an assistant of a carpenter, but that couldn’t help him much from getting out of dire strait. As a result his two daughters refrain themselves from going to school.
At that point of time in September 2011, Oxfam with its flagship program ‘Resilience through Economic Empowerment, Climate Adaptation, Learning and Leadership (REECALL SUE), infiltrated into Barguna district and selected Abul Hosain as one of the beneficiaries.
With support from ‘Jago Nari’, one of Oxfam’s partners for the REECALL-SUE project, Abul Hossain received the ingredients like wheat, sugar etc, in two installments to make dry food. Then he started selling locally processed food at his home and nearby school and market. Initially he started his business with the goods worth BDT 8000 ($ 100) in June 2012 and after four months he received BDT 2000 ($25) more from the project fund. With that support, Abul Hossain scaled up his business and his entire family extended their hands for him.
Now in February 2013 Abul’s total sale is BDT 10,000 ($125) per week from which he can make, BDT 3000 ($38) as a profit. That gives him BDT 12,000 ($150) as his monthly earning.
With that solvency Abul Hossain is reconstructing his house and added a veranda and kitchen. He even excavated pond and started fish cultivation with the saved money.
Abul Hossain and his wife Shajeda Begum are now hoping to continue their two daughters’, Jakaria and Sharmin, education till they turn 18 and create a value chain for their products.
Abul Hossain (43), bread earner of a 5-member family, lives in a remote village in Bangladesh called Glatoli of Fulzuri union of Barguna district.
His daily income as a day labourer was $1.25, which was too little to run his family. He even worked as an assistant of a carpenter, but that couldn’t help him much from getting out of dire strait. As a result his two daughters refrain themselves from going to school.
At that point of time in September 2011, Oxfam with its flagship program ‘Resilience through Economic Empowerment, Climate Adaptation, Learning and Leadership (REECALL SUE), infiltrated into Barguna district and selected Abul Hosain as one of the beneficiaries.
With support from ‘Jago Nari’, one of Oxfam’s partners for the REECALL-SUE project, Abul Hossain received the ingredients like wheat, sugar etc, in two installments to make dry food. Then he started selling locally processed food at his home and nearby school and market. Initially he started his business with the goods worth BDT 8000 ($ 100) in June 2012 and after four months he received BDT 2000 ($25) more from the project fund. With that support, Abul Hossain scaled up his business and his entire family extended their hands for him.
Now in February 2013 Abul’s total sale is BDT 10,000 ($125) per week from which he can make, BDT 3000 ($38) as a profit. That gives him BDT 12,000 ($150) as his monthly earning.
With that solvency Abul Hossain is reconstructing his house and added a veranda and kitchen. He even excavated pond and started fish cultivation with the saved money.
Abul Hossain and his wife Shajeda Begum are now hoping to continue their two daughters’, Jakaria and Sharmin, education till they turn 18 and create a value chain for their products.
