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Md. Kalam Hawladar (37)

 

“The veranda is too small for anything. You can’t even fit a bed in properly.---------“

 

A house of Bamboo mat walls and CGI sheet roof.. Well, this isn't Kalam's dream house but that’s where he lives with a wife of 26 (Senara Begum) and their three children aged between 9-14. The house was given to them by Care; so they had a place to stay, but not a place they had much to do with.

 

On November 15, 2007 Cyclone Sidr had taken away his previous house, and also the means of his livelihood: his fishing boats. He then had to start working as a daily laborer struggling to earn bread for the whole family. Three years after, he’s still struggling; because he has mouths to feed and a life to lead.

 

Sharankhola, Bagerhat.

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Uploaded on November 3, 2010
Taken on June 15, 2010