She has become solvent and self-reliant by dint of hard labour.

"I am solvent now. My dream is to educate my son up to masters lavel" a confident Nilufa said.

At the age of 16, she was married to one Jalal uddin. But her dreams were shattered as her husband demanded dowry which her poor father failed to pay. He used to torture her for dowry.

As days passed, she gave birth to two sons and a daughter. One day she was divorced for failing to give dowry.

" I could not think how to survive with my minor sons and daughter", she said, while talking to this correspondent.

She worked as a domestic help. "But I did not get lost".

ASA (Association for Social Advancement a major NGO) provide her with training and a loan of Tk 3,000 in 1997.

She bought a sewing machine and started making garments. She also employed two women at her tailoring shop.

She sold those to local market at cheaper rates. As days passed, her sales increased. She bought three milch cows.

Now she gets 12 kilograms of milk every day sells it at the local market for Tk 216.

She has also purchased 12 decimal land and built a pucca house. She has bought a mechanised trolley for her elder son Palash who is earning by driving it.

She got her only daughter married to a man of her choice last year with her savings.