BONDHU and Bashori stood by the Corona Affected People

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the whole world experienced an unprecedented crisis and economic collapse in the history. Bangladesh, a developing country of South Asia, also suffered severely due to this pandemic and the negative impact of this crisis has been far reaching. The average income in the slums of the cities and among the people of rural area dropped by more than 80% since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Due to lock down, people living under poverty line including day laborers, restaurant workers, maids, transport workers, agriculture laborers, construction and factory workers, petty businessmen, shop assistants and rickshaw pullers experienced a severe economic disaster. People living in the rural areas were also great sufferers of this pandemic. Their businesses  stopped and the farmers could not sell their goods at proper price.

In that dire situation, BONDHU tried its best to stand by the poor and needy people. The BONDHU authority took initiatives to provide relief goods among the poor and vulnerable people. BONDHU conducted its relief distribution activities from 15 May to 22 May, 2020 in all of the 64 districts in Bangladesh and distributed relief among more than 10,000 people. Daily necessary commodities including rice, onion, sugar, salt, oil, semai, soap were provided to poor families for their survival. All the staffs of BONDHU, contributed a lot in the relief distribution activities maintaining safety measures and precaution during the pandemic.