Covid-hit families get revival support

Around 1,500 marginalised families badly affected by the adverse impact of Covid-19 have started getting support, including monetary and income-generating training and assets, as emergency response in Rajshahi.

The stimulus supports are being given on behalf of a project titled “Resilience to Economic Volatility of Indigenous and Vulnerable Populations through Empowerment (REVIVE)” so that the target group of people can get back their normal life through recouping the losses.

They are also being motivated to improve hygiene practices for Covid-19 prevention through providing 1,500 hand washing devices.

The project is being implemented in six unions of Nachole and Gomostapur upazilas in Chapainawabganj district.

DASCOH Foundation has started implementing the project in cooperation with HEKS/EPER supported by Switzerland since July last for contributing to the holistic development of disadvantaged communities, including 80 percent ethnic minorities.

A four-member delegation of the project-funding agencies visited the REVIVE project.

SDC Program Manager Sabina Yeasmine Lubna and its Junior Programme Officer Jana Roethlisberger, HEKS-EPER Country Director Dora Choudhury.