Khaleda Begum had little to do other than helping her mother with household chores. The 17-year-old would spend most of her time indoors, back at the Rohingya camp in Cox s Bazar.
Being from a conservative family, she had not expected her life to change much but surprisingly it did, and it did for the better.
Khaleda has been learning to tailor dresses and operate sewing machines since her arrival at Bhasan Char. She is feeling a drive within herself to become solvent. At least I ve got something to do now. I will be able to make my own dresses and earn in the future by doing it for others, she told this correspondent at the island, around 40km off Noakhali, a couple of days ago.