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Mixed experienceA teenage shopkeeper in Jhenaidah, in a Prothom Alo report

A 15-year-old shopkeeper, 4,000-5,000 a month, his own schooling paid for

A village grocery run by a boy who cannot walk brings 4,000-5,000 taka a month, covering his school costs and part of the household.

This teenager from Sabdalpur village in Kotchandpur, Jhenaidah, cannot walk; his brother carries him to the exam centre. He is 15, and he runs a small village grocery that earns 4,000-5,000 taka a month. That money pays his own school costs and helps the household along. The work is done sitting down - stocking shelves, weighing out goods, keeping count - so limited mobility has not kept him out of the trade. The shop keeps him in school, but it has not lifted the family out of hardship. What it cost to set up is not stated in the report.

Lessons

  1. 1.Grocery work is done sitting down, so it stays open to someone who cannot move around easily
  2. 2.A shop making 4,000-5,000 taka a month can carry one person's school costs, not a family's expenses

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