Carmudi takes rice bucket challenge

Officials of Carmudi donated some rice as part of the Rice Bucket Challenge to help families living below the poverty line recently. Carmudi donated 100 kilograms of rice in collaboration with Jaago Foundation in the Korail slum in Banani, Dhaka. Photo: Carmudi

Carmudi, an online store for cars, has recently donated 100 kilograms of rice to families below the poverty line as part of a rice bucket challenge in collaboration with Jaago Foundation.

Carmudi aimed at helping the selected families in Kuril slum in Banani, Dhaka under the campaign, which is fashioned after the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, the company said in a statement yesterday.

Carmudi accepted the challenge as part of its corporate social responsibility and also supplied stationery items to some unprivileged children who study at the Jaago Foundation's school, according to the statement.