The volunteers of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) have been working with the local administration to help reach food materials to the poor and low-income group people who are affected due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).
The volunteers of the Society are also spraying disinfectant at various government and private organizations, mosques, temples, churches, and all places of worships, at hatbazars and public places side by side distributing leaflets among people on health safety, motivating people to maintain physical and social distancing, and also motivating people to hand washing, said a press release.
Apart from the government, the society has also undertaken a plan to distribute food materials including rice, pulse, edible oil, sugar, salt among some 40,000 poor and destitute families soon in the first phase across the country including the capital.
BDRCS said in line with the demand of the Disaster Management and Relief Division, at least 25 volunteers of the society are assisting the local administration in the city corporation areas while some 15 volunteers assisting the local administration at the district level to help prevent and control the spread of COVID-19.
