Sabina Akter
Cute
little Sabina Akter just started her school at the age of six years.
She
is in class/grade- Play. She is a favorite in her class for speaking
confidently and ready answers to any questions. Now she is the class leader.
Afsar
Ali, a thirty seven years old Rickshaw driver is her
father. He earns about USD 2 daily by pulling a rental rickshaw. Her mother
Jahanara Begum, a twenty six years lady works for a
private firm. Sabina has four more siblings, all are her elder sisters.
Their
total family income is USD 205 per month. They live in one room of a tin shed
slum house in a very congested situation. She has no table for her study. They
share a toilet with six families. Moreover, her sister Nasima is also studying.
They live a hand to mouth lifestyle.
Sabina
wants to be a very good teacher. Playing is her hobby; she plays traditional
local games. She likes her study very much. What she dislikes most is early
rising from bed. But if anybody whispers about school, she wakes up and goes to
school. She memorized a verse –“Early to bed and early
to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise”.
It inspires her.
If
Sabina can continue her study up to graduation level, she is hopeful that she
can be a teacher. Her parents and sisters are also committed to support her as
she needs but with their little income, they can’t make her basic needs always
fulfilled.