Ten-year-old Shampa Khatun with her family member Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken the family of Shampa Khatun, a child in Jamalpur who was compelled to work as a rickshaw-van puller, under her wing, reports bdnews24.com.
Shampa, a fourth-grader has been working as a van-puller after her father met with an accident and became unable to walk.
Following the prime minister's directives, Jamalpur deputy commissioner went to Shampa's house and made arrangements to send her father to the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic Rehabilitation in Dhaka on Wednesday.
The district administration also started work to construct a concrete house for Shampa's family in line with the prime minister's directives.
"The Prime Minister's Office gave us the directives following a report published by bdnews24.com. We're making arrangements accordingly," Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Enamul Haque.
Ten-year-old Shampa studies in Nakati Government Primary School. She is the youngest of two siblings in her family, with her elder sister being married off a few years ago.
Shafiqul used to pull a rickshaw-van earlier but broke one of his legs in an accident five years ago.
The family sold off everything they had and spent Tk 700,000 for Shafiqul's treatment but to no avail. He is now homebound due to his disability.
Shampa began to work as a van-puller a year-and-a-half ago.
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