12-yr-old Sathi returns home after 4 years

Mohammed Aku of Kumedpur village in Palashbai upazila had picked up two year-old orphan Sathi from Bonarpara railway station and took her home. He adopted her as his only daughter Farida had died of diarrhea some years back. He names her Faida Begum Sathi.

Poor Aku allowed Sathi to work at a house in Motijheel area in Dhaka.

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But frustrated Sathi left the house after some years.

She was again picked up by Aparajeyo Bangladesh, an NGO, which kept her at its 'drop-in-centre' in Chittagong. She received training on sewing there.

Yesterday, the NGO handed Sathi over to her foster parents at a simple ceremony, held at Gaibandha Press Club. It also gave her a sewing machine.