{"id":1751,"date":"2016-01-14T22:27:05","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T14:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/islamic-relief.org.my\/sandbox_www\/?p=1751"},"modified":"2017-04-23T17:52:04","modified_gmt":"2017-04-23T09:52:04","slug":"patience-is-the-key-to-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/islamic-relief.org.my\/sandbox_www\/patience-is-the-key-to-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Patience is the key to success"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, she is increased the patch of land that she legally owns and looking forward to the future, but the journey was not easy.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Yaron\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Yaron, now 46, lives in Rangpur, in north Bangladesh. When her husband first left her, he maintained contact for a while, but did not provide any support for the family. She was forced to moved back with her parents.<\/span><\/p>\n

She said: \u201cI did not have anything, not even a skill to earn some money. My young children were unable to contribute. We all had to depend on my elder brother who had to manage a big family. We felt we\u2019d lost everything from our life. We were very disappointed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Yaron\u2019s parents gave her some land, but when she started to make money from it, her brothers became resentful and stopped her, saying they legally owned the land still. She had to fight for the right to own the land legally. On her 35 decimals (around 15,000 square feet) of land, she cultivated paddy for two seasons and saved money for her daughter\u2019s marriage. She could not make enough and had to sell some land for a dowry, and she had two more daughters who were also old enough to get married. She sold a substantial amount of her land and was left with only 3 decimals (around 1,300 square feet) of land left for her and her son.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe were struggling to have three meals a day.<\/span><\/h4>\n

\u201cI tried hard but failed because I didn\u2019t have any cash in hand to get started. My son had to work as a day labourer making garments. We were in a very hard situation but did not lose patience. One day my son went to Dhaka to earn more money, so I was alone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

She remembers one day being greeted by a volunteer from Islamic Relief\u2019s Bangladesh office, who told her about a project being run to improve people\u2019s livelihoods. She expressed an interest in taking part and soon heard she had been selected to join.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Yaron<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

In the middle of 2013, Yaron was given an interest-free loan from Islamic Relief and bought two goats. These two goats bred, and four months later, she had another six goats. Her son managed to get a better paid job at a clothes factory, and using his earnings she was able to buy 22 decimals (around 9,400 square feet) of land and buy a cow.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c2013 was the turning point for us,\u201d she added. \u201cI got some assets and was able to grow them. My son was able to contribute financially. We were able to meet our needs and save some money. We were not able to manage three meals a day but, like a friend, Islamic Relief came and encouraged us. I also received training in social and health-related issues, like early marriage, dowries, domestic violence and hygiene.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis project has made a significant impact on my life.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today, she is increased the patch of land that she legally owns and looking forward to the future, but the journey was not easy. Yaron, now 46, lives in Rangpur, in north Bangladesh. When her husband first left her, he maintained contact for a while, but did not provide any support for the family. She […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1752,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-worldwide","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/islamic-relief.org.my\/sandbox_www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1751"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/islamic-relief.org.my\/sandbox_www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/islamic-relief.org.my\/sandbox_www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islamic-relief.org.my\/sandbox_www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islamic-relief.org.my\/sandbox_www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1751"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/islamic-relief.org.my\/sandbox_www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1753,"href":"https:\/\/islamic-relief.org.my\/sandbox_www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1751\/revisions\/1753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islamic-relief.org.my\/sandbox_www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/islamic-relief.org.my\/sandbox_www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islamic-relief.org.my\/sandbox_www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islamic-relief.org.my\/sandbox_www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}