South Korea donates food, medical supplies to Bangladesh

The South Korean government has provided 1,800 emergency food and hygiene packages, as well as 3,000 personal protective equipment (PPEs) and medical supplies, to vulnerable communities, including frontline nurses, in the capital's Mugda area who have been hard-hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The assistance was handed over at a ceremony at HR Auditorium in the capital attended by MP Saber Hossain Chowdhury Korean, Ambassador-designate Lee Jang-keun and Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOIKA) Country Director Young-Ah Doh on Monday.

Lee Jang-Keun said the assistance is part of South Korea's efforts to show solidarity with Bangladesh in this time of an unprecedented crisis.

Young-Ah Doh assured that "KOICA will stand by Bangladesh in its Covid-19 fight and will continue supporting the country in various sectors to curb the pandemic." MP Saber Hossain Chowdhury expressed sincere gratitude to KOICA for its support.

The 1,800 emergency food and sanitary goods -- rice, lentil, semolina, soybean oil, sugar, salt, milk powder, antiseptic soaps, hand sanitisers, face masks, laundry soaps and toothpaste -- will assist marginalised households in Dhaka's Mudga.

And, 3,000 PPEs and medical supplies are expected to enhance the working conditions of the heroic nurses who have emerged as frontline combatants risking their own lives.

As a government aid agency of the Korea, KOICA implements Korea's grant aid and technical cooperation supporting socio-economic development.