BRAC Bank employees have contributed an amount of 1.65 crore taka from their monthly pay to ‘DakchheAbarDesh’, a Covid response initiative by BRAC.
The fund will facilitate more than 11,000 families with necessary food and other needs for at least two weeks.
This came after their institution BRAC Bank’s contribution of 4.54 crore taka to the cause ‘DakchheAbarDesh’, said a press release.
Around 30,267 families have been benefited from BRAC Bank’s contribution during the first two weeks of August.
“I am delighted that our employees can be an active and valuable part of our values-based banking agenda. It is for the second time in two years of the pandemic, our people have come forward to support the underprivileged on top of their endowments”, said M. MasudRana, Deputy Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of the bank.