Jessore Correspondent :
The Grameen Telecom Trust, an initiative set up by Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus, Wednesday honoured new entrepreneurs in Jessore for their efforts to create jobs for themselves and others.
Md Imran Hossain and Nasima Khatun were recognised as the best new entrepreneurs at a programme at the auditorium of Joyoti Society in the district, the Trust said in a statement.
The Trust has created a fund to support next generation of potential entrepreneurs.
The Trust began the project to create new entrepreneurs in Jessore in 2014. Under the project, the number of entrepreneurs in Jessore Sadar, Manirampur, Jhikargachha and Abhaynagar upazilas now stands at 224.
The entrepreneurs have created jobs for 267 people, said Parveen Mahmud, managing director of the Trust, at the award-giving ceremony.
Hossain became a member of the project in 2014 when his monthly income was Tk 9,000 and he employed two people.
Now he employs 12 people and earns Tk 20,500 a month.
Khatun also joined the project in 2014 when her monthly income was Tk 6,000 and she employed four people.
Now she employs 40 people and earns Tk 19,000 a month, according to the statement.
Prof Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank and about half a century other companies aimed at battling poverty and creating employment, set up the Trust to create jobs for the thousands of men and women joining the country’s workforce every year.
The project aims to enable the youth population to create jobs for themselves and others rather than running after jobs.
Although the project has set age limit for male entrepreneurs at 18 to 35 years, there was no such age bracket for women entrepreneurs.
“Women of any age can establish themselves as an entrepreneur under the project,” said Mahmud.
At the event, a number of entrepreneurs said the project helped them understand the value of proper bookkeeping.
The Grameen Telecom Trust, an initiative set up by Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus, Wednesday honoured new entrepreneurs in Jessore for their efforts to create jobs for themselves and others.
Md Imran Hossain and Nasima Khatun were recognised as the best new entrepreneurs at a programme at the auditorium of Joyoti Society in the district, the Trust said in a statement.
The Trust has created a fund to support next generation of potential entrepreneurs.
The Trust began the project to create new entrepreneurs in Jessore in 2014. Under the project, the number of entrepreneurs in Jessore Sadar, Manirampur, Jhikargachha and Abhaynagar upazilas now stands at 224.
The entrepreneurs have created jobs for 267 people, said Parveen Mahmud, managing director of the Trust, at the award-giving ceremony.
Hossain became a member of the project in 2014 when his monthly income was Tk 9,000 and he employed two people.
Now he employs 12 people and earns Tk 20,500 a month.
Khatun also joined the project in 2014 when her monthly income was Tk 6,000 and she employed four people.
Now she employs 40 people and earns Tk 19,000 a month, according to the statement.
Prof Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank and about half a century other companies aimed at battling poverty and creating employment, set up the Trust to create jobs for the thousands of men and women joining the country’s workforce every year.
The project aims to enable the youth population to create jobs for themselves and others rather than running after jobs.
Although the project has set age limit for male entrepreneurs at 18 to 35 years, there was no such age bracket for women entrepreneurs.
“Women of any age can establish themselves as an entrepreneur under the project,” said Mahmud.
At the event, a number of entrepreneurs said the project helped them understand the value of proper bookkeeping.
