SLC33-W4: My Community, My Story – My Community Occupation

Assalamualaikum Today was a weekend, I hope everyone had a good time with their families. Today I am here to participate in the competition. Thank you so much @josepha for organizing a wonderful competition. The name of the competition is SLC33-W4: My Community, My Story – My Community Occupation. I am going to participate. I hope you all enjoy it. So let's get started.

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Tailor
Sewing machine

What is your community's name, and where is it located? Tell us and share the Google Maps, Steematlas, and Google Plus location.

Shihab Faria Tailors is a wonderful tailoring shop located in Tongi. This shop makes modern and quality clothes with great care. The shop has a huge collection of fabrics in different colors and designs, which helps the customers to make clothes according to their choice. The skilled craftsmen here deliver clothes in perfect sizes and on time. This is a very reliable and popular tailoring shop locally.

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Clothes
Clothes

In your community, what is the most common occupation, and why is the occupation important to your community?

Tailoring is one of the most common professions in the Tongi area. Shops like Shihab Fariha Tailors easily fulfill the daily clothing needs of the local people. This profession is very important for our community, as it is creating employment to eliminate unemployment in the area and playing a major role in keeping the local economy alive by providing quality clothing at affordable prices.

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Sewing machine clothes
Customer

What tools or skills are used in the occupation that people in your community do?

Tailors in Tongi use various tools like sewing machines like jacky or pedal machines, scissors, measuring tape, chalk and iron to make clothes. In addition, the knowledge of cutting clothes accurately, hands for sewing in the right size and creative skills in new designs are very important for this profession. With the combination of these skills and materials, they make quality and attractive clothes according to the customers' preferences.

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Shop view
Iron table

Tell us the challenges people are facing in this occupation

Tailors and garment makers in Tongi face many challenges. In a highly competitive market, it is often difficult to get quality raw materials or fabrics at the right price. In addition, their profits are limited due to the high cost of shop rent, maintenance of modern sewing machines, and electricity bills. Sometimes, due to the lack of skilled craftsmen and the pressure of work orders, delivering garments on time also becomes a big challenge.

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My selfie.

Share with us how this occupation supports the local economy and families in your community.

The tailoring or garment making profession in Tongi area greatly supports the local economy and families. Through this profession, local artisans and shop owners get a regular income, which helps them meet the basic needs of their families and improve their standard of living. In addition, it makes the daily life of the local common people easier by providing quality clothing at affordable prices. These small businesses complement each other and play an important role in maintaining the internal economic dynamics of the area and increasing employment.

Item Name	BDT price	steem price
Sewing clothes	250 taka.	60 Steem
Yarn	20 taka	5 Steem
Sewing pants	400 taka	100 Steem
Gauze cloth	80 taka	20 Steem.

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