”I have come to the district headquarters to receive three months of wiring training.”

It has been two years since I returned from abroad. Since then, I have been earning a living by farming in the village.

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”I have come to the district headquarters to receive three months of wiring training.”

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When I was sweating in the Gulf countries, I missed my homeland a lot. When I was abroad, I cried many times because I missed home. That's why I used to be busy with work all day long. However, when I went to bed in the evening, I found it difficult to sleep happily all night long because of the memories of my hometown. What should I do when I worry? Young people like me are forced to go abroad every day because there is no employment in the country. No one is migrating out of desire.

Since I know the skill of wiring, I have not had to ask for expenses from home even when I came for training. I am meeting all the expenses of living here by doing wiring in my spare time.
People are forced to leave their families due to their own problems and circumstances. I too returned from the Gulf countries after struggling for 8 years due to similar circumstances. My house is in Geruwa Rural Municipality-1, Bagahipur. I am now 33 years old. It has been two years since I returned from abroad. Since returning from there, I have been making a living by farming in the village. I earn money by doing wiring in my spare time. My father taught me till grade 10 by farming. When my financial situation did not allow me to study, I had to take care of the family while studying.

I have four sisters. I am the youngest child. The responsibility of running the household has fallen on my shoulders. I had to go abroad to pay for the marriage of my four sisters and household expenses. What should I do when I don't have a job opportunity in my home country? I went to Malaysia for the first time to earn money.

I returned after spending three years in Malaysia. After returning home, I started worrying about money again. Then I went to Qatar. I spent five years in Qatar. The eight years of hard work and work abroad taught me that the more skills I learned, the easier it would be. Only if you have skills in hand, you can earn easily.

I have been living in a rented house in Gularia-7 since last December because I had to learn a new skill. I came to take a three-month training in making ACs, refrigerators and coolers that the home office is conducting. The home office had opened applications. I was selected after giving an interview. Apart from training, I go to do wiring work in my free time. I can't always work. I am in training from 10 am to 4 pm. I am working the rest of the time to meet the expenses of living in Gularia. I used to do wiring work even before going abroad.

There is one bigha of land. Because of hard work and diligence, enough food is produced on that land for the whole year. The family consists of father and mother, husband and wife, and two daughters. The eldest daughter is 6 years old. She studies in a class at a boarding school in Geruwa Rural Municipality. The youngest daughter is three months old. It is not possible to leave the family and live abroad forever. My parents are also very old. There are no siblings to take care of them. The children are young. I have returned home to take care of my parents and children. I have planned to take care of my family by planting crops and doing work according to the skills I have learned.

I earn around 7/8 thousand rupees monthly by doing wiring work in my free time. Out of that, I pay 2 thousand rupees for room rent. I bring rice and pulses from home. The remaining money is spent on vegetables, greens, salt, oil, spices, sugar and soap. Since I know the skill of wiring, I have not had to ask for expenses from home even when I come for training. I am meeting all the expenses of my stay by doing wiring work in my free time.

Presentation: Ram Prasad Chauhan

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