Business Desk :
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), a Switzerland-based development organization, has distributed masks and sanitizers among 300 vendors and customers in the capital.
As part of its activities in the wake of second wave of coronavirus, GAIN for the first time distributed 4200 fabric face masks for free at Bonolata Kitchen Market in Dhaka New Market on Wednesday, said a press release.
ASM Ferdous Alam, 18 No. Ward Councilor of Dhaka South City Corporation, attended as a chief guest at the distribution programme.
Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, zonal executive director (zone 1) of Dhaka South City Corporation; Dr. Rudaba Khondker, Bangladesh Country Director of GAIN; Dr. Ashek Mahfuz, Portfolio Lead (Large Scale Food Fortification and Value Chain) of GAIN; among others, were present on the occasion.
A project titled ‘EatSafe: Evidence and Action towards Safe, Nutrition Food: Covid-19 Response’ was launched on August 24 this year to ensure the supply of safe and nutritious foods and smooth market management amid the coronavirus crisis.
Unnayan Sangha and ARCED Foundation in association with GAIN are jointly implementing the year long project, funded by USAID, Global Affairs Canada (GAC) ant the Government of Netherlands.
