Niba Rani (17 years) is Sree Niba Rani’s daughter, and lives in Roghunathpur Union Village; Gaibandha District, Bangladesh. Niba is a girl who dropped out of school. She did complete elementary school because of family poverty. She spent her time to playing and hanging around with her neighbours, many of whom didn’t go to school either.
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Caption: Niba with her sheep and two lambs |
In 2009, one day Niba heard from one of her neighbors that O Samaj Unnayan Kendra Jagoran (SJOK) a local NGO in Bangladesh which helps poor families to learn and live independently. After that Niba and her classmates had met with staff SJOK and want to learn more about the learning activities organized by MicroAid Projects. SJOK is a Community facilitation Partner in Bangladesh for MicroAid Projects Charity.
The team of SJOK then came to Niba’s home to meet the families and Niba’s parents and explained about what MicroAid Projects activities are. After that Niba with some friends proposed a micro-project for training activities in duck raising (See Niba’s project report SJOK9033). The team of SJOK created a micro project and sent the draft to MicroAid Projects to be published on the web site. www.microaid.org
One day, Niba’s micro- project was funded by donors of MicroAid Projects. The team of SJOK provided technical support and logistics for the implementation of the ducks training. After three months, Niba started getting duck eggs. Now every day Niba can get 30-35 duck eggs and sell them to local markets. The team of SJOK supports marketing the duck eggs and gives advice for the development of even better results. Niba is no longer hanging around now she is busy with her duck home business.
Now Niba can provide financial assistance for her family. Niba could finance her brother to enter elementary school and bear all costs of his education. Niba also helped her mother to renovate the family room at her family home from her duck business. Three months ago, Niba bought a sheep this has now produced two young lambs.
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Caption: Niba Rani’s family house before renovation |
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| Caption: A new house for the family which was built by Niba Rani from the result of a MicroAid Project - simply breeding ducks |
Through the duck egg MicroAid project, Niba had obtained the money she needed to work and be independent. MicroAid Projects have helped Niba and changed her life for the better for good.
Seeing this example of Niba’s home business, many young women and mothers, her neighbors, are interested to learn about breeding ducks. The MicroAid project has provided a good example for improving the welfare of families in this poor village in India. The young women and mothers often come to Niba to learn about breeding ducks, learn how to give vaccines and the marketing of duck eggs.
To date, there have been two other young women who followed what has been done by Niba in breeding ducks and follow the suggestions given by Niba. Niba always says to her neighbors in the village, "MicroAid Projects has opened my eyes".
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