4,000 Winter Clothes Distributed to Indigenous Communities in Dinajpur

A total of 4,000 pieces of winter clothes, including blankets, sweaters and jackets, were distributed among the nearly extinct tribal Kara community and other indigenous families in Dinajpur's Biral and Sadar upazilas on Monday. The winter clothing was distributed by a voluntary organisation "Bhabna", in collaboration with the Gulshan-Banani Sarbajanin Puja Foundation of Dhaka, as part of their social responsibility initiatives. Of the total, 2,500 pieces of winter clothes were distributed in the afternoon at the premises of Kara Bhabna Pathshala in Jhenaikuri village under Biral upazila.

The beneficiaries included families from the Kara, Urao and Pahan indigenous communities living in Jhenaikuri, Tinpara and Achotia villages, as well as students of the Kara Bhabna Pathshala. The clothes were handed over by Executive Director of Bhabna Md Mustafizur Rahman Rupam, Advisor and District Veterinary Officer Dr Ashika Akbar Trisha, President of Dinajpur Satsang Bihar Kshitish Chandra Shil, Associate Professor of General Surgery Dr Shiladitya Shil, Managing Director of Checkup Specialized Hospital Kirtaniya Chhayachand, Assistant Professor of Development Studies at HSTU Sajib Kumar Roy, General Secretary of Udichi Shilpi Gosthi Dinajpur District Sujan Kumar De, General Secretary of Sadalap Duryodhan Roy Durjoy, along with other social and cultural activists. Meanwhile, the remaining 1,500 pieces of winter clothes were distributed later in the day among cold-affected indigenous families in Ghughudanga village under Dinajpur Sadar upazila.