A struggling woman

Muna is the daughter of a poor farmer. Her father could not educate her on account of his poverty. At the age of fifteen, her parents gave her in marriage with a very poor boy. He is very lazy. He does not do work. So Muna works hard to support her family. But she is always anxious what will happen if she gives birth to a female child-------------

A struggling woman

Muna is the daughter of a poor farmer. Her father could not educate her on account of his poverty. At the age of fifteen, her parents gave her in marriage with a very poor boy. He is very lazy. He does not do work. So Muna works hard to support her family. But she is always anxious what will happen if she gives birth to a female childs. Muna entered his husband’s house with the dreams and hopes of a young  girls but all she saw was more want. It was Muna who worked for a handful of grains to feed herself, her mother in law and her husband. When she was 19,her first child was born. Fortunately it was a son. But the birth of a child was Muna’s another mouth to feed. Muna’s toling days became harder with the birth of her second son in 1982.Her husband was still unwilling to work and therefore, she had to work even harder to feed all the five mouths. From morning to dark she worked, worked and worked. She was very concerned with the future of her children. But one day her unhappy came to an end. She came to learn about the Grameen Bank and became a member of the bank. Then she took a loan of taka 5000/=.and started rice husking business with the money. She also brought a shop for her husband. She earned a lot of profit from her business and repaid the loan by installments. Thus she stood on her own feet using her hard work and wit.