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Corr-The Jute Works

Rumia Begum
CORR was started in 1973 by CARITAS/Bangladesh, the Catholic Service organization, to give rural women the option of staying home with their children and still earning supplemental income for their families. CORR (Christian Organization for Relief and Rehabilitation), like other Bangladeshi development organizations, was established at the end of the war of partition which divided Pakistan into East (Bangladesh) and West(Pakistan) in 1971.

The 4,200 women artisans, who are members of 214 rural cooperatives, produce jute and ceramic products in between household chores and family responsibilities. Fruit and timber saplings are provided to producers to ensure the regeneration of scarce fuel resources and to provide food.

Rumia Begum (member of the Taltoli Mohila Samity) said, "Women should be aware of their rights. She thinks that a woman can survive alone through income generation, if they get good market for them. Rumia thinks that CORR-JW has changed the lives of many destitute rural women."



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