"SLC27-W5 | A One-Day Street Journalist: The Struggle Of Street Hawkers."
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How are you all? I hope you are all well. I am also doing well. I am going to participate in a challenge. The challenge is SLC27-W5 | A One-Day Street Journalist: The Struggle Of Street Hawkers by @max-pro. Today I am sharing with you reviews of a toy vendors on the sidewalk. I hope you like it.
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These types of businesses are more or less found almost everywhere. They operate their businesses by roaming the streets and facing various problems. They live very hard lives. Even though they work hard all day, they can't earn much income. But they always hope that their small business will grow someday. Anyway, today I will talk about these types of businesses.
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What places did you visit and what types of hawker businesses did you review?
I went to Joydevpur Bazar in Gazipur on October 29th for some work. Then I saw a man on a bicycle selling various toys to children next to the Joydevpur bus stand. There are various colorful toys hanging on both sides of his bicycle and some more toys in a large bag on the back. His entire bicycle was filled with toys that attracted children. I talked to him.He comes to this market three or four days a week in the evening. The rest of the days he goes to other areas for business.They spend the whole day riding their bicycles to different places and trying to earn an income. His bicycle had various toys such as cars, guns, horns, flutes, balloons, bubbles, dolls, birds and much more.
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Have you ever bought anything from these stores? Show pictures + videos and show their prices.
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Yes, I bought a balloon from him for my younger brother. I really like these kinds of balloons myself. After we said that, he took out a balloon from his bag and started inflating it. The balloons are really beautiful to look at. It costs 50 taka.
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How do they face sidewalk occupation, eviction or police harassment?
Running a sidewalk business is not an easy task. They are subjected to various forms of harassment. Especially in urban areas, they face a lot of problems when doing business on the sidewalk. In cities, most of the time, the police or city corporation people remove businesses from the sidewalks.As a result, it becomes very difficult for them to earn a living. Also, they cannot operate their businesses during various disasters. They cannot actually go out during those times. Since they do not have any specific shops, they have to do business by walking or sitting on the streets, which has a very negative impact on their lives. Many times, even if they stand in front of a market or shop and do business, they are chased away.
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What are their biggest challenges and hopes for continuing this business?
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Since they do these small businesses with little investment, their income is also low. In the meantime, they are subjected to various forms of harassment and which serve as challenges for them. But I think one of the biggest challenges for them is feeding their families.Because they constantly face various problems and this causes them a lot of losses and they cannot do the business properly, which results in less income.And if their income is low, their food shortages increase.Even in the midst of all this hardship, they have some hope. And they think that with a little hard work, maybe one day they can make this small business big.They think that if they work a little harder, they can feed their families well. These things become their hope for running their businesses. The shopkeeper I spoke to here told me that he has been in this business for about a year and a half.He had another business before. As you were talking, I noticed that he treats children very well and keeps the prices of things relatively low.Overall, I had a pretty good experience.
Price list of the toys ⬇️
| Toys | Price (BD) | Price (Steem) |
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| Small gun | 140 | 13.50 |
| Small Doll | 50 | 4.85 |
| Bubbles liquid | 70 | 6.50 |
| Animal truck | 170 | 16.39 |
Video
| Place | Bus Stand, Joydevpur, Gazipur. |
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| Plus Code | https://plus.codes/7MPG2C28+6C |
| Google map | https://maps.app.goo.gl/cor4aFtKjzFaoGpy7 |
| Atlas Pin | [//]:# (!steematlas 24.0005625 lat 90.4160625 long City corporation market d3scr) |
| Device | Samsung Galaxy A14 |
I found him in front of a market. So I pin to the location of the market.
This was my post for today. I don't know how beautifully I was able to present it. If there is any mistake, please forgive me. I tried to do everything nicely. I hope you like it.
I would like to invite @chant, @mili1209, @marlys13 to participate in this challenge.
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