By Tasnimur Rabbi | Project Leader
The women of Mathurapur village live below the poverty line and are the victim of natural disasters. Every year, cyclones visit in this area. This is a highly saline area which creates several health issues for women and they could not take some protective measures due to their poverty. It is very difficult for them to conduct perform agricultural activities due to high salinity and disasters. Moreover, they have no land of their own. They use to earn money by harvesting Sundarbans resources; mainly collecting shrimp fry. Even they do not have educational qualification to get a job. They use to lead a miserable life where there is lack of food, drinking water, cloth, nutrition. The women are deprived of the basic human needs. They are grooving in the darkness of poverty.
Initiative: Bangladesh Environment and Development Society (BEDS) has been trying to improve the life standard of those women by homestead vegetable gardening, duck and ram raring etc. In 2015 BEDS has trained those women on tailoring.
Impact:
Women are getting order from the villagers and also from some dealers for making bags and mask. Their family income has increased and they gain a respectful position in their family.
Feedback from the beneficiaries:
‘‘I live in Mathurapur village. I am 19 years old. I used to go to forest with my mother to collect the fries. But that was not enough for us to sustain. I love to read books. But I dropped out from school due to the lack of money. In the Covid time, I learned tailoring as there was no such scope to go to the forest. I started tailoring and I earn a lot of money. After this Covid time, I have got admission in school again with the fees of tailoring. I use the money for my educational expenses and also for our household activities.’’
So, it’s a heartiest appeal to all the donors for being kind to help those vulnerable women to give them a chance to come out from the cycle of poverty and lead a respectful life.
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