IUB students distribute winter clothes in Kurigram and Dinajpur
Students of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), conducted a winter clothes distribution program on January 3, 2025, in several districts of Kurigram and Dinajpur. The initiative was organised by The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award at IUB (DEA IUB), with support from the Division of Student Activities (DoSA).
During the programme, 700 blankets and shawls were distributed in Newashi and Shontoshpur Unions under Nageshwari Upazila in Kurigram and Kashipur Union of Fulbari Upazila in Dinajpur. The Mutual Trust Bank Foundation supported this distribution.
An additional 400 blankets and shawls were distributed in the Nageswari Pourosova Area in Kurigram, with contributions from Didar A Husain, Chairman of the Board of Trustees at IUB, and Mr. A Matin Chowdhury, a Member of the Board of Trustees.
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The distribution efforts in Kurigram were supported by "Supothe Torun," a local humanitarian organisation.
Several local government officials and community members assisted in the program, including Md. Shahe Alaam, Chief Advisor of "Supothe Torun"; Md. Al Amin, Professor at Nageswari Degree College; Md Mijanur Rahman, Officer-in-Charge of the Nageswari Police Station; Md. Younus Ali, Headmaster of Gagla Girls' School; Md. Manu Parvez, a social worker; and Md. Abdul Aziz, Managing Director of Nageswari Apollo Hospital.
Mr Ashraful Amin, Director of Council Affairs, and Mr Saiful Kabir, Senior Officer of Government Relations at IUB, coordinated the distribution efforts.
