Like many countries around the world, Bangladesh has imposed a complete lockdown across the whole country from the 24th of March 2020 in a bid to halt the spread of Covid-19.

The lockdown has placed the already desperately poor, who were barely making ends meet, in an even dire situation. Many of these people were "daily earners". They only earned enough money at the end of the day to provide their families with food for one day. Bangladesh does not have a national healthcare or a welfare system, so for these people their loss of livelihood means that they are now facing a real risk of starvation.

Al-Zahoor Welfare Foundation is in Bangladesh distributing food packages to those in desperate need. We have volunteers on the ground who are delivering the food packages directly to people's homes whilst maintaining social distancing.

The cost of each food package is £10 and contains the following items which will help to feed an average family for 5 days:

- Rice 5kg

- Lentils 1kg

- Potatoes 2kg

- Flour 2kg

- Onions- 2kg

- Oil 1 litre

- Salt

- Garlic

- Mixed spices

- Soap and detergent

We urge you to donate whatever you can. Every donation will make a real difference to the survival of these extremely vulnerable people by protecting them against hunger in these unprecedented times.

Please find an update video for our donors here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTkRWfnVtU9B_dxtucYttBg

Website: https://al-zahoor.org/

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/Alzahoorwelfarefoundation/

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23/04/2020 - We would like to thank all our donors for your generous and overwhelming support for this cause. To date we have delivered 702 food packages.

12/05/2020 - To date we have delivered 850 food packages.

21/05/2020 - To date we have delivered 1000 food packages.