Coronavirus Outbreak: GP, Brac to Provide Cash Aid to 1 Lakh Families

Coronavirus Outbreak: GP, Brac to Provide Cash Aid to 1 Lakh Families

Grameenphone today said they need donated Tk 15 crore to Brac's emergency food assistance fund, which can help 100,000 families, who became jobless following the coronavirus pandemic within the country.

Each family will receive Tk 1,500 for 2 weeks' essential food supplies, the leading mobile carrier said in a web video conference said.

It is a part of a joint initiative, "Dakche Amar Desh" (My Nation Calls), by the planet renowned non-government organisation Brac and telco Grameephone.

 

Coronavirus Outbreak GP, Brac to Provide Cash Aid to 1 Lakh Families

During the conference, they said the continued social distancing drive and restriction on movement thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic is taking a toll on people that survive on daily wages and sleep in extreme poverty.

According to a nationwide survey by Brac among 2,675 low-income people in 64 districts, it wasseen that 14 percent of low-income families don't have food reception . thanks to the overall holidays and lockdowns to enforce social distancing measures, 72 percent of the respondents reported job loss or reduced work opportunities.

In the video conference, Chief military officer of Grameenphone Yasir Azman said during this global crises beat the public-private sector got to close to tackle the upheaval caused by Covid-19.

He also requested all individuals and enterprises to hitch the initiative or similar ones of the govt and other entities.

Asif Saleh, executive of Brac, said, this is often a humanitarian crisis, not just a health pandemic.

Brac has committed and mobilised Tk 30 crore to support 200,000 families, said Saleh, thanking Grameenphone for his or her generous support which can enable Brac to proportion further.

They have mobilised the whole organisation from the onset with over 100,000 field staffers, doctors , and volunteers on the bottom .