Reaching out to people in need through earnest efforts

The charitable non-profit organisation, Blessing for Human Foundation, began their journey last year with the intention of helping underprivileged communities. The organisation was formed when a father and a son, along with their close family and friends, decided to band together to raise enough funds to help those in need, during the winter months. They intend to implement real change in real time. The father and son are both students of Adamjee Cantonment College.

The pandemic and the subsequent months of isolation encouraged the organisation to support working-class individuals. They provided food supplies to around 350 families prior to Ramadan. During Ramadan this year, Blessing for Human Foundation was able to provide around 300 iftar packages to families in need. For Eid-Ul-Adha, they distributed meat among those in need.

During the period of hardships due to cyclone Amphan, they collaborated with another NGO, Hriddhi, to start their Amphan relief distribution around different areas of Satkhira. Their projects 'Covid-19 Relief Distribution' and 'Coast to Coast' enabled them to distribute 1,500 packages of groceries throughout  different districts of Bangladesh like Dinajpur, Nilphamari, Satkhira, Noakhali, Kishoreganj, Koyra, Keraniganj and Dhamrai.

"Keeping the pandemic in mind, only our main volunteers took it upon themselves to organise the items of distribution accordingly in a designated place," said Sirajul Islam Azad, Founder, Blessing for Human Foundation. "The volunteers wear PPE suits when they need to distribute around open spaces that are likely to attract crowds." They strictly monitor a line, maintaining social distancing guidelines.

They provided door to door distribution of food to slums, where they hoped to evade gatherings. So far, they have had nearly 180 active volunteers. "We hope to work with more ardent and eager young volunteers in the coming years," said Naimul Fayek, Co-Founder, Blessing for Human Foundation.

In the future, Blessing for Human Foundation hopes to provide necessary equipment to patients of the coronavirus, who are severely in need of assistance. They also want to continue helping the working class with food distributions. They are in talks to provide food to orphanages and old age homes as well. The young volunteers hope to spend time at these places, and interact with the people. Their Facebook page is usually updated based on all their activities and they can easily be reached on the site.

Blessing for Human Foundation distributed 1,500 packages of groceries throughout different districts of Bangladesh.

Zareen Nawar works on establishing the nuances of reality whilst having a mind fixated entirely on the possibilities of fiction. You may reach out to her at nawarzareen@gmail.com.