Staff Reporter, Rangpur :
RDRS Bangladesh has distributed Taka 9 lakh in cash and hygiene kits at Kaunia in Rangpur. Md. Mehedi Hasan, Assistant Commissioner (Land) of Kaunia Upazila was present as the chief guest at the two-day cash and goods distribution last Monday and Tuesday.
Special guests were Angura Begum, female Vice-Chairman of Kaunia Upazila Parishad and Samiul Alam, social worker. Also present were RDRS Bangladesh Senior Coordinator (Agriculture & Environment) Mamunur Rashid, Senior Manager (Communications) Ashafa Selim, Project Manager (Start Fund) Tapan Kumar Saha, Project Coordinator (Recall) Hafizur Rahman and other concerned staff.
RDRS Bangladesh is a donor organization funded by the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and supported by Start Fund Bangladesh. , Bishwanath, Hayabatkhan and Tabu Hayabatkhan provided package relief assistance to 300 families in the village.
Package relief includes Rs. 3,000 in cash and a hygiene kit, 10 bath lax / detal soaps, 3 500 gram packets of wheel detergent powder, one packet of 15 pieces of Senora sanitary napkin, one plastic hand washing device with lid, one plastic washing machine, lid. 50 masks and two awareness leaflets.