More relief, donations for flood victims

Different government, non-government and international organisations and individuals continue to donate to the Chief Adviser's Relief and Welfare Fund and distribute relief among the flood victims yesterday.
Health Adviser: Health and Family Welfare Adviser Maj Gen (Retd) ASM Matiur Rahman yesterday distributed medical kits among 200 families at the Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demra (DND) project area.
Over one million people at the DND project area have been suffering from skin diseases, diarrhoea and respiratory infection. Currently, six teams are working to assist the worst affected people in the area.
The adviser in a brief speech at Jalkuri area said the success of Bangladesh in tackling diarrhoea situation is an example.
"In this disaster 10.10 lakh people were affected in diarrhoea but the only 20 people died", he said.
Under the government plan, the health workers are going door to door for treatment of the affected people at Kutubpur, Siddhirganj, Fatullah and Godnail.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The foreign ministry officials in home and abroad donated their one day's salary and outstation allowance to the CA's emergency relief fund. Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury handed over a cheque for Tk 15 lakh to Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed at the latter's office yesterday.
Manusher Jonno Foundation: Thirty-four partner organisations of Manusher Jonno Foundation (funded by DFID, UK Government fund) have donated Tk 54.23 lakh from their contingency fund for distribution of relief materials among the flood victims in 25 Districts especially the worst affected areas.
The emergency support will assist over 1.21 lakh people, including families with disabled people. The fund will be spent on food, medicines, warm clothes, water purifying tablets and medical treatment.
Besides, employees of MJF are collecting private donations, relief materials and have contributed their one day's salary, which will be used for the rehabilitation of affected weavers and repairing handlooms.
Disabled Rehabilitation and Research Association (DRRA): As the physically and mentally challenged people are vulnerable to any type of disaster, DRRA has chalked out a plan to help 1500 disabled persons.
In this connection, the organisation has distributed 10 kg rice, 3 kg potato, 1 kg lentil, 1 kg salt, 1 litre soybean oil, one soap, one kg sugar, 500 gram semolina flour, 500 gram bleaching powder and 10 packets oral saline to each affected person at Shibaloy upazila in Manikganj.
JICA: The Safe Motherhood Promotion Project (SMPP) of JICA Bangladesh distributed relief among 245 poor pregnant women at Raipura in Narsingdi.
Antar: Antar, a non-government organisation, distributed relief materials among the flood-hit people of Nimsa at Burichang in Comilla. Save the Children Sweden-Denmark assisted the organisation in carrying out the relief operation.
Supreme Pharmaceuticals: Supreme Pharmaceuticals Ltd donated medicines worth Tk 5.10 lakh to the chief adviser's relief fund.
Besides, employees of Shams Group donated Tk 1 lakh, equivalent to their one-day's salary, to the CA's relief fund.
Lafarge: Lafarge Surma Cement managing director Mike Cowell handed over Tk 10 lakh to the executive director of ICDDR,B Dr Alejandro Cravioto as part of the company's effort to help the flood victims.
Amra Manusher Jonno: A platform of DU students with assistance from a team comprising 20 doctors has provided healthcare services to 1930 flood victims at Shahjadpur in Sirajganj.
Resource Integration Centre (RIC): Nagorik Odhikar Sangrakkhan Forum and Resource Integration Centre distributed relief materials among 200 flood-hit families in the city.
East West University: East West University conducted relief distribution programmes at two upazilas in Rangpur and distributed 600 packets of relief materials, which contained rice, pulse, edible oil, salt, oral saline, water purifying tablet, clothes and sharee.