Maniram Raut, son of Miron Raut, has 4 siblings - 2 brothers & 2 sisters. Maniram belongs to an extremely poor family with his father earning a meagre income of less than Rs.50/- per day. He is the youngest member in his family. While both his sisters are married, his elder brother failed to clear his Std 10 exams. As a result, his elder brother works with his father as a labourer.
When the CSFE programme was initiated in his school, Maniram was in Std 6. He participated in the programme and learned more about the importance and power of saving. It was not long before he decided to save.
Maniram was aware of the unfortunate financial condition of his family and there was a strong urge within him to do something to support his family. The outcome of this was in him withdrawing an amount of Rs.100/ from his Aflatoun Bank account in July 2008 & initiating a small business of selling and delivering bread to nearby villages.
Every evening he procured bread from local vendors and sold the same bread at 5.30 am to households in the nearby villages of Haldi, Vajipalla and Bhainsmundi. He would get home by 8. 30 am and go to school. The result on the whole was in Maniram earning Rs. 30/- to Rs.40/- daily without compromising on his education.
Not only is he supporting his family in whatever way he can, he also is completing his education and still manages to save in his Aflatoun Bank account. Maniram’s teachers Mr. Kishore Chandra Kar and other villagers opine Maniram Raut is a real Mani (Jewel).
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