Bashundhara Shuvosangho distributed free sewing machines to 15 families each at an event held at Bhola Press Club, Bhola, on Sunday.
Earlier, Bashundhara Shuvosangho arranged for sewing training for a woman from each of these families. Alhaj Golam Nabi Alamgir, BNP’s potential candidate for the Bhola-1 parliamentary seat, was present as chief guest at the event.
The beneficiaries expressed gratitude to Bashundhara Group Chairman and Bashundhara Shuvosangho for the welfare initiative.
One Seema Akter said her husband was once a construction worker and the sole breadwinner of the family. Seven months ago, he suffered a serious occupational injury that broke his backbone and left him bedridden.
The family fell into a deep crisis following the accident. But now, with the sewing machine, Seema hopes to improve the household’s financial status and also bear her husband’s treatment cost, she said.
BNP leader Alhaj Golam Nabi lauded Bashundhara Shuvosangho and Bashundhara Group for donating sewing machines across the country for women's empowerment. Md Shafayat Hossain Siam, president of Shuvosangho’s Bhola district unit, presided over the event.
Special guests were Tarikul Islam Kayed, BNP’s joint convener in Bhola district; Jakaria Zaman, senior sub-editor of Kaler Kantho and director of Shuvosangho; Md Mamun, senior official at Bashundhara Foundation; and Maulana Torikul Islam, among others.