Farzana Begum comes from an impoverished family and lives with her husband and two children. Her husband is an irregular leguna (a small four-wheeler vehicle used to carry passengers) driver. He is only the bread earner of the family and earns too little amount to bear all the expenses of his family. This is because he does not get enough opportunity to drive the vehicle and drives only two or three days a week when it is his turn. Moreover, he sends his children to school which makes his situation a bit harder as he has to carry all the educational costs of his children. Amid all the hardships of the family, Farzana and her husband with their growing children had been passing through hard days Farzana’s tough days ended when she met one of the representatives of SAW AB at her locality and came to know about the Skill Development Project of SAW AB funded by Muslim Global Relief (MGR), the UK under its Women Empowerment Program. This project drew her attention and she showed her eagerness and enthusiasm to be a member of this initiative. She took part in motivational sessions and also shared her thoughts. Later, she was provided training on tailoring at the sewing training center of SAWAB at Birulia under Savar upazila of Dhaka district. From this training center, she learned to make various types of dresses for men and women. After receiving training from there, now she operates her own sewing machine at her home and earns a handsome amount of money every month and has become solvent.

Farzana expresses her overwhelming delight and shares her feelings of exhilaration as “Thanks to Almighty Allah. I am overjoyed that I am fortunately elected as one of the beneficiaries of the sewing centre of SAWAB. I can earn a good amount of money every month to support my husband financially and also can play a vital role in decision making and to school my children. “