Just a poor woman of her community, she did not have much to attract voters. Becoming a candidate in any election means engaging in the electoral game of buying and selling votes. This has long been a tradition. She, too, has changed since joining a Proshika-facilitated people's organization. A series of awareness-building training courses she took from Proshika through her group made her understand the reality of election.
Voters are now aware, much more than in the past.
They know how precious their votes are. Rafiza thinks that people's confidence is a pre-requisite for getting their votes. Because she is just one of them, they believe that she could be their representative. Rafiza was rootless once when her husband took a second wife and left her alone in the street. The only way for her survival was to become self-reliant.