Chana chur
Practical Action
One day on a visit to his village, he heard about the work of RESP. He decided to return to his
village and join the Durgabandi Assetless group. He received training from Mokbul Hossain and a
5,000 Taka loan.
Now 2 years later, he and his family are making Chana chur. He produces a high quality Chana
chur with many ingredients and packages it in polythene packets. It costs him 25 ½ Taka to
make 1 kg. He sells a 200g packet for 5 ½ Taka, so he makes 2 Taka profit on each kilogram
produced. He usually produces 50kg a day. He is now making 100 Tab a clay profit. He produces
Chana chur 18 days a month. He is thinking of making other products like garlic pickle and olive
pickle.
This business has improved his and his family's quality of life. He now has enough money to send
three of his 4 children to school.
The document was originally written by Shamim Abu Ahmed, Shaheda Azami
Sayad Kamrul Hassan and Mike Battcock in 1994.
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