20 underprivileged women get sewing machines in Bandarban

Bashundhara Group on Saturday handed over sewing machines to 20 underprivileged women in Alikadam upazila of Bandarban after they completed a three-month sewing training course, with the aim of helping them become self-reliant.

The attending guests handed over the sewing machines at an event at the Alikadam Upazila Hall Room.

One of the 20 beneficiaries is Shyamoli Tongchonggya, a second-year undergraduate student at Bandarban Government College. Her father is Kadam Tongchonggya. The family’s financial condition is so precarious that they somehow manage to make ends meet on the income of her brother, who works for an NGO. Alongside continuing her studies, Shyamoli dreams of supporting her family. She believes that by learning sewing, she will one day be able to contribute to her family’s expenses with her own income.

Another beneficiary, Chammum Mro, is a second-year higher secondary student at Alikadam College. Her father, Rengkai Mro, supports a large family of three sons and eight daughters through shifting cultivation. When the harvest is good, the family can manage two meals a day, but a poor season brings greater anxiety. Despite these difficult circumstances, Chammum continues her studies. She sees the sewing machine she received as an opportunity to change her family’s fortunes.

Those present at the sewing machine distribution ceremony included Alikadam Upazila Agriculture Officer Md Sohel Rana, former Alikadam Upazila Vice Chairman Md Riton, Bashundhara Shuvosangho Director Zakaria Zaman, Alikadam Police Station Sub-Inspector Yamin Ahmed, Bashundhara Shuvosangho Alikadam Upazila branch advisers Younglok Mro and Nursada Bhuiyan Babu President SM Ziauddin Jewel, General Secretary Mehedi Hasan Rana, and Kaler Kantho’s Alikadam upazila correspondent Sushanta Kanti.