RSSCategory: Rural Women

Soil burner

Soil burner

 An ultra-poor woman is making soil burner as a part of her Income generating activities. It’s an environment friendly burner and general people used to buy it to cook their daily foods. Photograph by Md. Shahidul Islam/voiceofsouth.org from Sirajganj. All rights reserved.

September 17, 2007 | By | Reply More
Sweets packets by rural lady

Sweets packets by rural lady

“Sweets” is a symbol food to celebrate any good things. Specially in South Asia, we love to eat sweets on any good occasion. This is a picture that showing two rural lady preparing hand made paper based packets to carry sweets. Non Governments organization SAP-Bangladesh providing micro credit loans to rural ladies to do such […]

July 17, 2007 | By | Reply More
Bangladesh struggles with “child marriage”

Bangladesh struggles with “child marriage”

“Child marriage” is an acute problem in Bangladesh, being largely symptomatic of the extent of poverty which exists. And the suffering of a child after becoming a house wife in early age is really horrible. A few months ago, I heard a story from on of my media colleges about Khadija Khatun who is staying […]

July 15, 2007 | By | Reply More
Small Loan empowered Anowara Begum

Small Loan empowered Anowara Begum

‘’I thought many times, whether God created me only for sufferings! When my husband cried out from chest pain, it became unbearable for me like a beloved wife. I used to go from door to door to borrow some money to buy medicines for my husband. But my relatives and neighbors were reluctant to lend […]

July 10, 2007 | By | Reply More
Village Phone Lady passing happy life

Village Phone Lady passing happy life

Mukhara, Bangladesh: I have an intention to visit villages to find out the rural development. As part of this, few weeks ago I have visited a rural hinterland village named Mukhara to see the present state of Helena. Helena? You may ask me question that, who is she? Well, Helena is a Village Phone Lady […]

June 27, 2007 | By | Reply More