bKash, a mobile financial service provider, has carried out a food relief programme to provide food aid worth Tk 3.50 million to 5,000 Covid affected families.
Under the supervision of Sena Kalyan Sangstha (SKS), the company took the initiative to bring some relief to the families who have lost their jobs due to Covid-19 before the Eid festival.
Kamal Quadir, Chief Executive Officer of bKash, handed over the food aid to Air Commodore M Moyeenuddin, Director General, Welfare of Sena Kalyan Sangstha on Wednesday.
Commodore Mahmud Hossain (ND), Director General, Marketing of Sena Kalyan Sangstha; Brigadier General Mirza Md Enamul Haque, Director General, HR of Sena Kalyan Sangstha; Major General Sheikh Md. Monirul Islam (retd.), Chief External and Corporate Affairs Officer of bKash along with other high officials of both the organisations were also present at the event held at the head office of SKS.
The food aid package, consisting of 5 kg rice, 1 kg pulse, 1 kg salt, 1 liter oil, 1 kg sugar, 0.5 kg vermicelli (semai), and 2 bars of soap, is expected to help a family of four to survive for 10 days, says a media release.
Besides ensuring uninterrupted services to keep the financial transactions of the people normal during Covid-19, bKash has initiated various corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes.
Last year in May, bKash provided food aid worth Tk 3.50 million to 5,000 Covid-19 affected families.
Besides this, the company provided 30 ventilators to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka Shishu Hospital, Dhaka CMH, and Central Police Hospital as part of social responsibility to increase the medical capacity of the top hospitals of Bangladesh.
bKash also installed oxygen plant at the Diabetic Hospital (BIHS General Hospital) as a part of this continuous donation during the ongoing pandemic.
It also handed over 350 ventilators along with more than 950,000 emergency medical toolkits to the government, donated by its overseas partner Alibaba. bKash also worked with Bidyanondo Foundation to establish a hospital in Chattogram.