ASA commits food assistance for 1.5 lakh families in need
ASA, an NGO in Bangladesh, has decided to provide food assistance to 1.5 lakh poor families, which will be worth around Tk 12 crore, said a press release yesterday.
"ASA will donate food support to 20,000 families in Dhaka and 1.30 lakh families across the country who are suffering due to the ongoing coronavirus situation," said the communication department of ASA.
Each family will get 10kg of rice, 2kg of lentil, 2kg of potatoes, 1kg of salt and 1 litre of edible oil, said the release, adding that the money for all of those will come from the NGO's own fund.
Besides, 10 lakh leaflets will be distributed to make common people aware of the risk of coronavirus, it added.
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