Sylhet Bureau :
Considering the overall situation of the terrible floods in Sylhet district, SOS International Children’s Villages Bangladesh is going to implement a special project titled Humanitarian Assistance for the flood victims of Sylhet for a period of 6 months (from 1 November 2024 to 30 April 2025).
To implement this project, a project information meeting held at SOS Children’s Village Sylhet premises in Dayamir Union, Osmaninagar Upazila Sylhet on Wednesday in collaboration with the local administration and other stakeholders. The Upazila Nirbahi Officers, Osmaninagar and Balaganj Sylhet, and the chairmen of the concerned Union Parishads were invited to the information meeting. The information meeting, chaired by Assistant Director and In-charge of SOS Children’s Village Sylhet Md. Mazharul Islam and conducted by Assistant Director and In-charge of SOS Social Center Sylhet Tanbir Ahmed, was attended by SOS Bangladesh ERP Focal Person and SOS Children’s Village Dhaka Project Director Mohammad Yusuf Ali, Assistant Director of Finance and Accounts of SOS Children’s Village Bangladesh National Office Md. Mizanur Rahman, MD Engineer Shahjahan Khan Ripon of Glorious Architects, Sylhet Bureau Chief of The New Nation S A Shofiee, Branch Manager of Rupali Bank Dayami Md. Mosharraf Hossain, heads of various educational institutions, local
Dignitaries, media personnel, all co-workers of SOS Children’s Village Sylhet S, and all co-workers related to the project were present.
It is worth noting that this project is going to be implemented in Osmaninagar and Balaganj of Sylhet district in coordination with the local administration and other stakeholders. SOS Bangladesh will provide a total of one crore forty-five lakh thirty-five thousand two hundred ninety-four taka for the project. A total of 3 thousand families will benefit from this project, the concerned people said.
Through this project, a total of 1,000 families will benefit from food security, another 1,000 families from shelter, house renovation/repair and livelihood, and another 1,000 families from health protection package. A total of 3,000 families from 4 unions in 2 upazilas will benefit from this project. Not only that, people will be made aware of floods and natural disasters through 10 awareness sessions in the said areas, the concerned said.
However, it was informed in the meeting that although the project has a duration of 6 months, the start of the project has been slightly delayed due to delays in receiving foreign exchange.