SIRAJGANJ, Jan 13, 2021 (BSS) – A number of 631coronavirus-affected poor families were given financial assistance of Taka 40.20 lakh to help them overcome their living and livelihood hardship during the pandemic situation.
Rajshahi Regional Office of Caritas Bangladesh extended aid on behalf of its project styled “Humanitarian Assistance to multi-hazard affected vulnerable people under the Urban Management of migration due to Climate Change”.
Each of the beneficiary households was given Taka 3,000 through a simple ceremony held on the Sirajganj Municipality premises on Tuesday afternoon.
Sirajganj Pourashava Mayor Abdur Rouf attended the ceremony as the chief guest and handed over the cash money to the enlisted people with Caritas Rajshahi Regional Director Sukleash George Costa in the chair.
Sukleash Costa said that each of the recipients will also get another Taka 6,000 in two consecutive phases next.
Mayor Abdur Rouf said integrated efforts of all government and non-government entities concerned have become crucial to face the adverse impacts of the pandemic situation.
Members of the civil societies, voluntary organizations and other social actors with civil administrations should come forward and work together to mitigate poor people’s the financial constraints amid COVID-19 situation, he added.
Earlier this month, the organization also provided financial support to 247 distressed households in Rajshahi city under the project to cope with the pandemic situation, said Sukleash Costa.