Not merely a means to earn livelihood but also a dignified position in the society...

Marangmay Hansda, mother of a sponsored child Pintu from subproject Ratanpur is running a grocery shop in a rural area with no modern facilities available and earning Rs. 500 - 600 daily. She is educating all her children and able to fulfill daily basic needs of the family on her own.. Earlier the family's condition was not good. Marangmay and her husband would work as daily wage laborers with no fixed income to survive. With great difficulty they were sending their children to school for formal education. Their son Pintu got sponsorship on 29 May 2015 and after that Marangmay started attending sponsored community's meetings. She got opportunity to learn about various income generating activities and also availed loans thrice of Rs. 5000, Rs. 7000 & Rs. 10000 from the mothers group to start a grocery shop to increase family's income.

Their initiative proved to be fruitful and now they are reaping a harvest of their hardwork, determination and diligence. Now the entire family takes care of the shop and slowly they are expanding the shop adding more items into it. Pintu's father also goes to local market on weekends to sell things. Along with that they are investing in other livelihood activities also. They are also raising ducks, country chicken and pigeons to add up to their income. At present, Pintu is studying in grade 8 in 'St Joseph School, Baramasia'. Marangmay and her family are doing well and they are willing to continue their grocery shop. Marangmay and her husband never thought they could do any other work apart from working as daily wage laborers but after becoming part of CFCA sponsored community they received guidance, inspiration and support and it helped them to enhance & utilize their skills and capability for starting a livelihood activity for their own economic growth.