Nuruddin, the son of a farmer, Md. Musa had been growing up like the children of other farmers leading a humble living in the lap of hills surrounding the village Charia of Mirzapur under Hathazari Upazila in Chattogram. The natural view of the village had an enormous effect on Nuruddin. He started to learn the mechanism of farming from his father. But the dream of being an entrepreneur had been a kindling inspiration in the heart of Nuruddin. His family was being entangled with bad days full of poverty as he was passing his childhood days. As a grown-up man, he had to shoulder the responsibility of his family. He started to search for a job but failed again and again. Being unemployed for a long period, his family faced financial crisis severely. In the meantime, he got to know about the project of cultivating high valued fruits like Dragon fruit implemented by Ghashful from one of his friends.
In 2018, Nuruddin took the initiative of earning his living by cultivating Dragon fruit. He planted 400 saplings of Dragon in 100 pillars of 60 acres land area in the auctioned hill owned by his father. Ghashful played the key role to fulfill his dream by assisting him with activities like the distribution of the saplings of Dragon fruit and pillar, consultation on the process of cultivating and marketing along with providing the links implemented under the project. With the assistance of Ghashful, he started to sell the pink-colored Dragon fruit at the “Krishak bazaar (market of farmers)” at high value and he made his family get rid of the financial crisis very soon with the earnings. His reputation as a successful entrepreneur started to be well-known in his locality. The earning made by the selling of Dragon fruit has ensured the financial stability and now his family is leading a decent living.
Nuruddin is unwilling to make an end to the progress. He is planning to increase the cultivation of Dragon fruit along with other high valued fruits in a group of his three unemployed friends in 350 acres land areas of hills at his village. He believes that his initiative of growing the high valued Dragon fruit will assist more of the unemployed young men in the same way he changed his condition. The handsome earning source will pave the way for them to ensure a bright future by getting rid of the curse of poverty and thereby will contribute a lot to ensure financial stability at the national level.
