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Standard Chartered Bank recently donated sweaters to 5,000 students belonging to JAAGO Foundation and Friendship community schools in Gaibandha, Dinajpur, and Rangpur districts.
The bank has also partnered with the Campaign for Popular Education (CAMPE) to distribute blankets to 1,100 ultra-poor families in Dhaka, said a press release.
The bank is helping to provide the tools and resources needed to help communities nationwide to develop and build resilience and withstand the current climate crisis by meeting community needs both in the short and long term.
Bitopi Das Chowdhury, head of corporate affairs, brand and marketing of Standard Chartered Bangladesh, said, “We at Standard Chartered actively work towards inclusion for economic development, and help in lifting participation of the underprivileged
sections of our communities.”
“Cold weather can bring life to a standstill for members of our most vulnerable communities. To ease the hardships of the harsh winter for vulnerable communities, the bank is proud to partner with Friendship, JAAGO Foundation, and CAMPE to donate a much-needed supply of blankets and sweaters”, he added.
