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Marginalised Children's Project - Horizon Community
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Project Objectives

  1. To raise the sense of self worth of the target children.
  2. To provide education assistance to the target children so they can have a greater opportunity to fine gainful employment after their schooling is complete.
  3. To better enable to children's families and wider minority community to understand the opportunities that are available if the children's schooling is encouraged.    
  4. To raise through the children the health status of the community.
 
Dilip’s dream PDF Print E-mail
Written by Bidduth sarker   
Tuesday, 13 May 2008 11:56

Dilip in his saloon near the Horizon communityDilip is a member of Serpur Horijon community, His age is 22. Dilip brought up in Horizon community. They have old house situated near a pond just north side of the colony. His father babul Horizon is a worker.  His mother is house wife. Dilip is only a child of his parents. He did not have enough opportunity to study because of poverty. His parents did not have enough income to allow their child to go to school. When he grown up he had no work and he was frustrated.

One day MCP- Horizon staff meets with him and listen his problems. After listening his life story we recommended him to receive hair cutting saloon from symbiosis because he has little experience in hair cutting. After this training he found a job into a barber shop in this community. But he only receives 10% commission from his employer against his total income. He found that after working whole day he can only able to earn only little amount of money which is not sufficient for him to support his family.

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Rakha Rani PDF Print E-mail
Written by Khokon Ray/Santi Ram Bari   
Monday, 28 January 2008 02:50

Story:
Rakha rani is 33 year old. She lives in Santikunjo more, Horizon colony in Tangail. She is married and had two children’s. Her husband is a day laborer. In a day her families’ income was about 60 Tk. but it’s not at all sufficient for their family. So, they were in straggle and unhappy.
Once Symbiosis worker meet with Rakha rani and discover her most of the problem and her family status. Once one of our staff invited her to join in our Savings group and she was agree to join to the group then she join to the group. She starts savings to the group by Tk. 10 in a week. Then she took Tk. 2000 loan from their group to start a small stationary shop. Then she start a stationary shop and now she sells stationary and earning enough money for her family.

Last Updated on Monday, 28 January 2008 03:00
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