A number of lepers suffering the from the diseases in Shalkupa upazila of Jhenaidah have received cash incentives, food assistances, warm clothing and covid protection materials on Monday noon. Welfare Efforts (WE), a non governmental organization in Jhenaidah had organized the event with the cooperation of Leprosy Mission Bangladesh in Dhaka.
WE director Sharifa Katun said upazia nirbahi officer in Shailkupa Kaniz Fatema Liza had distributed the materials among the lepers at her office.Two of the lepers received cash incentives for Taka five thousand, three were provide with food assistance for Taka five hundred, and six were given blankets and covid 19 protection materials. WE director Sharifa Khatun and project officer Rashida Khatum among others present.
UNO Kaniz Fatema Liza in her speech during distribution of the assistances said the leprosy was once a curse in the family and society where the victims were treated untouched and unworthy. But the scenario was changed when they have been getting treatment and other facilities. It has been helping to develop their socio-economic state and enrolled in the upstream development programmes throughout the globe.
