Khulna: The dream of setting up a garment factory is about to come true. Khulna-4 (Rupsha) MP Abdus Salam Murshedy and his wife social worker Sarmin Salam gifted him various parts of a garment factory.
The parts worth about Rs 1.5 million include eight state-of-the-art sewing machines (Zaki) and five powered butter fly sewing machines.
On Saturday (September 19) morning at the Rupsha Upazila Parishad Auditorium, Salam Murshedy MP said that the process of allocating government land was underway so that Ankhi could start a garment factory with these parts. As soon as he gets the land, he will build a house there and build a garment factory for the eyes. You will also arrange for eye training to use these sophisticated sewing machines.
Ankhi said he told the MP and his wife that he wanted to build a garment factory in which helpless young women like him would work. With the parts, this dream is going to come true.
When the corona virus was spreading across the country last March, there was a crisis of masks in the country. At that time, the young woman made a mask with her sewing machine and sold it to the people of the area at a low price. Distribute free masks to many helpless people and create awareness on the use of masks. His initiative spread the international organization World Vision around the world through various social media, which came to the notice of the United Nations.
As a result, on the occasion of World Humanitarian Day on August 19, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) recognized three more Bangladeshi youths, including Ankhi, as 'Real Life Heroes'. The other three youths are Tanvir Hasan Saikat, a former member of Daksh, Rizvi Hasan, an engineer at BRAC and Sifat Noor, a translator.
Ankhi said, ‘I am very happy. I never thought I would get recognition from the United Nations. Corona virus masks were not available in the market at the beginning. Although they were available in some shops, they were very expensive. The poor people in our area could not afford them. But to be free from corona, you must wear a mask. So I decided to make my own mask and sell it at a lower price so that everyone in the area, including the poor, could wear it. I have given free masks to those who do not have any money. '
According to family sources, Ankhi's father, landless floating Masud Mollah, 48, worked in a shrimp processing factory. While working there, he had an accident and became physically disabled. Ankhi's mother Anwara Begum (40) also joined the shrimp processing factory. But it became impossible for him to run his family on his own. Ankhi had just passed the fifth class. To help his mother, he also joined his elder sister in a shrimp processing factory. As a result, he stopped going to school.
Two years ago, World Vision's 'Project for Life' took Ankhi out of the shrimp processing plant and into the school. But he could not be admitted to any school as he was too old. Later, through that project, she received sewing training and a sewing machine and some clothes. Sitting at home, Ankhi sewed the clothes of the people of the area and took charge of their family of four members.
