Ranai*, 11, at a hotel to help his family bring in more money.
Overwhelmed by his work and feeling neglected by the people around him,
Ranai would often cry silently, hoping for a miracle.
Living in a run-down room with his family in the Babupara Slum in the
Rangpur Municipality, Ranai’s father is a van driver and his mother, a
servant at a student hostel. Their scant income does not meet the needs
of the family, so all of the children must work to try and bring in more
money.
World Vision initiated the Hope for New Life project to overcome the
child labour challenges in the slum. The organisation also formed 14
non-formal education centres that now operate in two shifts, to
accommodate children who are working.
Ranai’s parents enrolled him in the Curipotti Non Formal Centre for
the second shift. “I can’t believe that I will go to school,” Ranai
says with a smiling face.
Now he works at the hotel six hours each day and use two hours for
education purposes at the World Vision centre. The hotel owner has
promised to support Ranai in his education, as well.
“I like to draw pictures of the national flag” he says. “I want to be a police officer, and the police serve for his country.”
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