Dhaka, March 8 -- Bandarban features cloud-peaked hills, waterfalls and streams, and all the beauty of nature. But not all of its residents have enough to get by.

Ongkraching Khyang, 32, completed her education up to grade 10 in 2010, but financial hardship forced her to abandon her studies. Coming from a poor family where both parents worked on a small plot of land, she and her four siblings often went without meals.

Her father died last year, adding to the family's struggles.

Overwhelmed with emotion, Ongkraching finds it difficult to speak about her difficulties, often choking up with tears.

Recently, she started working on a weaving project, earning Tk 4,000 a month for spinning yarn, another Khyang woman said.

Despite her limite...