Toymaker

Mohammed Toyub is a teenage inventor who built a model aati gari (excavator) by recalling the ones he saw on television. In Arakan, he spent his time gathering wood, betel leaves, seasonal seeds, fruits, paddy and rice which he sold for a living. He also studied till grade 3 before fleeing to Bangladesh with his parents. At the camp, he attended school at a UNICEF learning centre before COVID lockdown. Now he spends his time learning Arabic, English and Burmese from a private tutor when he is not busy building toy cars and planes out of bamboo and foam.