Farjana Akter
Farjana
Akter, a seven year old girl, is now studying in
class/grade 2nd.
Her
father Abdul Malek, thirty five, is a small business
owner. He works in his grocery shop from 6:00 am to 11:00 pm. Her mother is
Shahanaj Begum, thirty, a housewife. She has a brother. Her uncle Yakub and
auntie Rokeya are also stay with them. Yakub is a car driver.
The
total family income is about USD 195 each month. They cannot afford a good
house. They are living in a single room of a tin Shed slum house sharing a
toilet with two families. They have to sleep both on a bed and on the floor.
There is a problem of privacy. She does not have any table for study. It
affects her study.
If
everything is all right, Farjana wants to be a doctor. She likes taking care of
sick people. She likes dancing and music. Singing is her hobby. She dislikes to
tell a lie.
Farjana
hopes to serve the patients when she becomes a doctor. Her parents and uncle
try their best to support her even with the very limited income so that nothing
can interrupt her studies. They expect some support for her studies and living.