Case Study:

Rina

Abandoned girl who now has an independent life

Rina was an abandoned child referred by an unknown person named as Dulal Panday on 27th November 1988 when she was around 3 years old. She has lived with us ever since, and her date of birth was recorded as 3rd December, 1984. She did well at school and passed her SSC exam in 2001 and subsequently worked as a Dental Assistant in Dhaka for two years.

The Dhaka Rotary Club agreed to sponsor Rina to study at the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed in Savar, and she completed her training as a physiotherapy assistant in 2007 and got a job in CRP as a Physiotherapy Assistant with a salary of Tk. 8,000 (eight thousand) per month.

Now she is an independent woman living on her own and happy with her new profession. She is working in the neurology department of CRP providing treatment to patients who have suffered a stroke, Parkinson’s disease, head injury, motor neuron disease, spinal cord injury, nerve injury, other neurological conditions, and other complications.

Rina is fond of gardening and indoor games like chase and carom. She is planning to take further training to build her career as a full physiotherapist and to serve the poor people in Bangladesh.

Rina is very happy with the life she has now and is grateful to her supporters, donors, teachers and well wishers whose help has made it possible for her to become a qualified and independent woman.

As time goes on we hope to make opportunities available to other boys and girls who have left SPP but could progress further with some additional support.

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