Nobel laureate’s foundation to provide ration to 2,000 families in Koderma, Giridih

RANCHI: The Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation (KSCF) on Monday announced that it will provide packets of ration to 2,000 families across Giridih and Koderma districts as part of its relief work during the ongoing lockdown. In a statement, the foundation said its distribution programme will begin sometime next week in the two districts.
Headed by Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi, KSCF runs its flagship Bal Mitra Gram (BMG) programme in these districts.The BMG works to curb child labour, enrol the child labourers in schools and to empower women and youths through community participation.
The KSCF statement said, “In the first phase, 2,000 families in Koderma and Giridih and 1,000 families in Bihar’s Nawada district will be provided dry ration.”
The statement further said their targeted beneficiary families will be given 7kg rice, 3kg wheat flour, 2kg pulses, 1kg mustard oil, 1kg soyabean, 1kg salt, spices, soaps and detergent powders. The drive will also cover 135 families from the Birhor community, it said.
The statement further said that the foundation’s functionaries have distributed 500 hand-stitched masks among residents of two blocks of Giridih district. “Through the BMG, over 42,000 children in Jharkhand are being monitored during the lockdown. With support of the legislators, help has been extended to around 332 migrant labourers stuck outside the state,” it added.