‘Shonge Achi’ serving the hungry
"Shonge Achi", a voluntary and humanitarian organisation, recently distributed food among 7,000 poor and lower-middle income families in different parts of Dhaka.
Besides, it distributed food to about 5,000 people living on the streets, whose livelihoods have been taken away by the pandemic, said a press release.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The voluntary organisation collected funds from affluent people, then procured food items including rice, lentils, potato, onion and cooking oil, packaged those and distributed among the underprivileged since March 27.
The organisation started the food distribution as part its effort to help people in need during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Also, it fed over 4,000 street dogs around Dhaka, 100 horses who would run carts on the Sadarghat-Gulistan route and over 150 monkeys living in old part of Dhaka.
"The organisation works for women, elderly, physically challenged people, sex workers and their children, dalits, hijras, street children, and low profile musicians," Md Jamal Hossain, Chief Advisor of Shonge Achi said.
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