Rakib is 7 years old and lives in Dhaka.He comes from Jessore.He has a brother who works as a tempo helper.He came with his father,mother,brother and grandmother to Dhaka in search of a living.
His father works as a rickshaw puller and mother as a domestic worker.Rakib collects polythene bags,scrap paper and other materials from the Motijheel area and sells them at a shop for Tk. 5 to 10 a bag.
He earns Tk. 20 to 50 a day.Which he gives to his mother.
Rakib and his family live in a slum near to Kamlapur Railway Station.Their Home is a tiny shelter with a sheet of polythene for a roof.They sleep on the dirty floor.
Rakib has a bath in creek near their home.He usually has his meals at home but sometimes begs for food at restaurants.Once he got a diarrhoea and had to stay at home for few days.He could not afford to go to a doctor or buy medicine for himself.He Once went to a free school near his home in Jessore but did not continue.
He was in medicine for about a year and now he wants to go back to school and starts his studies again.
