The association “Abirer Para (Mahali Para) Mohila Unnayan Shamabay Shomity Ltd.”, Osmanpur union. Ghoraghat Upazilla, Dinajpur is doing great work with its 30 members.
The area “Abirer Para” is famous for making different types of household materials from bamboo. Most of the members are involved with making these bamboo-made products. Here, the members are working together.
Making household bamboo products
One of the members collects all the products from the members and buy with wholesale rate and then she sells those at her shop in the village market. By this process all the products become sold easily.
As the area becomes renowned for its bamboo products, people from other areas come to this community to buy these. The members sell their products from their homes. Two of them run a small shop at their home. It is their main source of income.
Besides this profession, they take joint projects under their association. In this project, they take a lease of cultivating land for a certain period of time using their fund and support from Dipshikha. Then they give the land lease to someone for cultivation.
They paid off Dipshikha’s loan and refunded the association’s fund with the money they received from the land lease and divided the rest among themselves.
they found out a better way to develop their profession y participate in some social works like donations to needy tudent, donation to parents for their daughter’s marriage,
c. They have created a good vibe in their community.