Hello everyone, I hope you're all having a very good day and having a very good time now. If I have your attention I am about to make a fundraising post which bears the initiative to provide the needy and helpless people of our country, Bangladesh, wth some of the necessary rations in the upcoming holy month of Ramadan. This is basically my second initiative to provide food support to few poor families . You can visit my last year's PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT and it's FINAL UPDATE
Now I don't know what's going on in the other countries, but when it comes to this one, every year, during ramadan, we see a radical increase in the prices of all these commodities which we use on a regular basis. There are many reasons behind it and I can go on and on and talk about it all day. But the most glaring fact is the inflation this country has suffered over the past year. If you look it up a little, you'll know where we're headed. This year the prices are already way up (20%-30%) and a significant amount of people in our country are already having problems in living from one day to another. If we add that up with the usual increase which we see in Ramadan, it's going to be very hard for the people who don't earn a lot to even get something decent to eat per day. Out of conscience, this year, I have taken the initiative to support at least 20 different families with some of the necessary rations they would require by the end of this month. I know it is definitely a small number, but it's just my little effort to do something for the needy people around me.
My Planning & Approximate Cost
| Food | Price (Per Kg) | Per Family | Total | Approx Cost (Considering 1$ = 115 BDT) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice | 55 Tk (BDT) | 5 Kg | 100 Kg | 5500 BDT (47.82 $) |
| Onion | 35 Tk (BDT) | 2 Kg | 40 Kg | 1400 BDT (12.17 $) |
| Lentils | 130 Tk (BDT) | 2 Kg | 40 Kg | 5200 BDT (45.21 $) |
| Salt | 35 Tk (BDT) | 1 Kg | 20 Kg | 700 BDT (6.08 $) |
| Oil | 175 Tk (BDT) | 2 Litre | 40 Litre | 7000 BDT (60.87 $) |
| Sugar | 115 Tk (BDT) | 2 Kg | 40 Kg | 4600 BDT (40 $) |
| Date | 160 Tk (BDT) | 1 Kg | 20 Kg | 3200 BDT (27.82 $) |
| Chickpea | 90 Tk (BDT) | 1 Kg | 20 Kg | 1800 BDT (15.65 $) |
| Transport, Bags & Labour Fees | - | - | - | Unknown For Now |
| - | Total | 16 Kg | 320 Kg | 29400 BDT (255.65 $) |
That's my rough planning & approximate cost is 1470 BDT (12.78$) per family. I would request all of you to contribute in this initiative. Your small support would mean a lot to the helpless & poor families. After collecting funds from here, I will try to cover the rest part from my own fund and other sources of mine as much as possible to execute this initiative successfully. If you want to contribute in this initiative, you can send Hive/HBDs directly to my account @mahirabdullah. And I will obviously share the final update & report after completing the initiative.
And Finally, I would like to request everyone, take initiative to help the people around you as much as you can. Because there are many people living around you who are going through a very hard time you may not even know!