Prothom Alo Trust’s Eid gifts for 50 families in Barguna

Prothom Alo Trust distributed Eid gifts of food items among 50 cyclone-affected families in Pathargatha, BagunaAmin Sohel

Prothom Food Trust distributed Eid gifts in the form of food assistance among 50 cyclone-affected families in Pathagatha, Barguna. The gifts were handed over to the families at 12:30 Sunday afternoon at the Pathargatha KM Model Government Secondary School grounds.

Each food package contained 5 kg rice, 2 kg potatoes and 1 kg masur dal (lentils). These poor and helpless families were happy to receive this assistance.

I work as a maid and do any odd jobs to run the family. But coronavirus has ruined everything. Only we helpless poverty-stricken people will understand what this gift means at such at this moment.
Nazma Begum, resident of Patharghata, Barguna

Members of the Pathargatha Bondhushava on Sunday morning packed the food items and by 12:30 in the afternoon the gifts were ready. Then these were distributed at the school grounds among the families who have been affected by the cyclone Amphan. Social distancing was maintained during the distribution.

Present on the occasion were general secretary of the Bangladesh Mahila Parishad Pathagatha upazila branch and Pathagatha municipal councilor Munira Islam, Pathagatha press club vice president Zakir Hossain Khan, Prothom Alo Pathargatha Bondhushava members Niaz Morshed and Rakib Hossain, Prothom Alo Barguna Bondhushava general secretary Sujan Roy Monotosh, Prothom Alo Barguna correspondent Mohammad Raffia an Pathargatha correspondent Amin Sohel, among others.

Munira Islam said that there are certain neglected people in the community who are often deprived. It is a good initiative on the part of Prothom Alo to find these families and stand by their side.

Surantun Nessa, a 60-year-old widow of the Uttaran settlement by Bishkhali river in Pathagatha, said that coronavirus has made them even poorer. So in this time of calamity, they will at least be able to have proper meals for a few days over Eid.

Nazma Begum (32) of ward 8 in Patharghata municipal area said, “I work as a maid and do any odd jobs to run the family. But coronavirus has ruined everything. Only we helpless poverty-stricken people will understand what this gift means at such at this moment.”