Bank Asia donates 5,000 saplings

Bank Asia has recently donated 5,000 trees to Project Oxygen, an initiative to plant trees in the cyclone Amphan-affected coastal areas of Koyra upazila in Khulna.

The project is being run by three voluntary organisations — BANDHU Foundation of Bangladesh, Give Bangladesh and Aamrai Bangladesh, says a press release.

They claim to have planted 49,000 trees in the area in 49 minutes on September 4 to commemorate the 49th year of independence of Bangladesh.

The three voluntary organisations worked with 25 local volunteering groups to plant these trees. The local organisations will take care of the plants to ensure their long term survival.

Bank Asia, as part of its corporate social responsibility activities, joined the initiative to save the Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world which has been the key saviour of the country in times of natural calamity.

A total of 1,000 local ultra-poor people will look after the fruit bearing trees and consume the fruits that are expected to grow in a few years, the bank said in a statement.