Manisha Meem Nipun, a member of the transgender community, has changed myths about transgender community by becoming an entrepreneur, overcoming social barriers and financial troubles.
Social barriers were about to beleaguer the dream of Nipun, but her incisive determination has led her to reach the goal with the help of e-commerce platform 'Anondomela'. This social platform virtually helped Nipun to create an identity for her as entrepreneur, reports BSS.
Anondomela, an online marketplace of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for entrepreneurs, has created linkages between entrepreneurs and marketplace that helps the country's small entrepreneurs get self-reliant by offering fair prices and various selling options.
"I had a dream to become an entrepreneur. I have been working as an executive director of the 'Pathchola Foundation'. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it was essential to do another thing for bearing my expenses," said Nipun, a dweller of Khulshi area under the Chattogram city.
In this situation, online platform 'Anondomela' became a ray of hope in Nipun's life. Through the platform, Nipun is now running her business.
Not only Nipun, another four people of her community have become entrepreneurs through taking facilities of the e-commerce platform.
Now, Nipun is running her business from home with reputation.
She said easy access to information and communication technology (ICT) immensely helped people across the country in overcoming the hardships rendered by the Covid-19 pandemic, thanks to implementation of 'Digital Bangladesh' by the present government.
UNDP has launched Anondomela (www.anondomela.shop) as a free-of-cost alternative marketplace. Entrepreneurs are hosting their products on the site, which allows buyers from the comfort of their homes to order products directly from the SMEs.
Talking to BSS, Additional Secretary of the Commerce Ministry and Head of the E-Commerce Cell AHM Shafiquzzaman said during the miserable days of lockdown and virus panic, normal life and even emergency services were hampered in almost everywhere in the world and Bangladesh was not an exception.
But, the people here enjoyed the blessing of ICT to make their life easier, he added.
