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ActionAid Bangladesh and Eastern Bank Ltd. will provide cash support to marginalised people in Rajshahi and Khulna divisions under their Corporate Social Responsibility Programme.
ActionAid signed a memorandum of understanding with EBL to roll out ‘Multi-Purpose Cash Grant’ activity for a specific group of coronavirus affected populations in the districts recently, said a press release.
The MoU signing ceremony took place on August 12, 2021 at the head office of the bank.
As per the MoU, ActionAid Bangladesh (AAB) will distribute the ‘Multi-Purpose Cash Grant’ ( MPCG) to marginalised and vulnerable sex workers and acid survivors in Khulna and Rajshahi Division under its Local Rights Programme (LRP) with assistance from the EBL. EBL has so far contributed Tk 2 crore 35 lakh as financial aid to several organisations to fight Covid-19 pandemic.
Farah Kabir, Country Director, ActionAid Bangladesh, Md. Rafiqul Islam ACA, Head of Finance and Maruf Mohammad Shehab, Head of Fundraising of ActionAid Bangladesh were present at the MoU signing ceremony. From EBL, Ziaul Karim, Head of Communications and External Affairs, Md. Abdullah Al Mamun, Company Secretary and Md. Maskur Reza, Head of Business Information Systems of EBL were present.
Since its inception in 1986, ActionAid Bangladesh has been consistently working in solidarity with the vulnerable and marginalised communities in rural and urban areas to uphold their rights and dignity.
Under this ‘Multi-Purpose Cash Grant’ support, a total of 129 vulnerable sex workers in Bagherhat Sadar, Mongla, and Khulna Sadar, who were not covered by the country’s safety net allocation amidst Covid-19, will be supported.
Meanwhile, 71 acid survivors of Sathkhira district, who previously were engaged with daily wage works and now persevering without any source of income-generating activities during this pandemic, will also receive this grant through ActionAid Bangladesh’s (AAB) acid survivors’ network. In Rajshahi’s Sapahar area, the most vulnerable 430 households will also receive the grant under AAB’s Local Rights Programme (LRP).
