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As part of bKash’s continuous initiative, books collected from the Ekushey Book Fair were distributed to underprivileged children in Teknaf through Prothom Alo Trust.
On February 27, the books were distributed to the students of Alor Pathshala, established in the village of Domdomia of Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar, which is run by Prothom Alo Trust, said a press statement.
Mahbuba Sultana, coordinator of Prothom Alo Trust and Rukhsana Mily, deputy general manager of the bKash Corporate Communications department handed over the books to 151 students at the Domdomia Alor Pathshala. In addition to Alor Pathshala, four other schools in the upazila also received books. A total of 2,500 books were distributed among these five schools, with 500 books allocated for each one.
The students were excited and greatly delighted after receiving the books. One of them, Labia Akter, a fifth-grader of Alor Pathshala, said that she didn’t get the chance to read books
other than textbooks due to affordability issues.
Expressing sheer joy, she said, now she would be able to learn many things by reading the books given by bKash that contain a range of stories, poems and rhymes. Like her, Hasan and Ayesha also said that their dreams came true by having those books.
bKash has been the patron of Amar Ekushey Book Fair for the last six years and donating books to the schools established for underprivileged children for the last three years.
A total of 72,500 books have been distributed through this initiative in the last three years. The books for underprivileged children have been collected from the readers, writers and visitors at the book fair. Besides, bKash also added books with the collected ones. Prothom Alo Trust has partnered in the fourth edition of the book distribution initiative by bKash this year. The collected books will be distributed among underprivileged students through Prothom Alo Trust.
