“A Supercilious Woman of Cox’s bazar Kutubdia Para”

Mrs Mostafa Begum is the inhabitant of Kutubdia Para of Cox’s Bazar Sadar Kutubdia Para is afamous area in Cox’s Bazar district for climate refugee who were came from kutubdia Island of Bangladesh. She is a member of Occupational Groups (OGS) as well as MF Dried Fish “Hasnahena” group. Her husband was died few years ago. When her husband died she was helpless. Mostafa Begum was very poor but skilled to produce dried fish. She was very determined and hard laborer woman. Her family was not big. She has two school going daughters. At that time, ProSCAB-RIU Project & COAST Trust MF included her as a member of “Hasnahena” group. Through ProSCAB-RIU Project trained her and donated ring tunnels to produce dried fish without pesticide & Salt utilized ring tunnels technology.

At first she took 15,000/= (Fifteen thousand taka) from MF of COAST Trust and produce dried fish without pesticide & salt. In that season she earned abut 6,000/= (Six thousand taka) and then she took 30,000/= (Thirty thousand taka).In this season she earned about 11,400/= (Eleven thousand four hundred taka) because of high demand of her dried fish. COAST Trust also bought her dried fish in high rate because her product was not harmful for health. In every lot of a ring tunnel she dried about 5 kg of dried fish within 4 to 5 days. Every month she produced at least 6-7 lots. Per kg of dried she sold 220/= (Two hundred twenty taka).Every year she dried fish in (5-6) months. To see her activity women are interested to utilize this technology. Now Mostafa Begum is very happy and grateful to ProSCAB-RIU & COAST Trust.