Caritas Bangladesh, the social action arm of the Catholic Church in the country, has offered financial help to Bangladesh returnee migrant workers.
The event—the recovery and reintegration support for Bangladeshi returnee migrant workers—was held at Faridpur under Caritas Barishal Region on January 16.
The church-based development agency distributed Bangladesh Taka 25,000 (US$ 291) to each of 29 migrant workers (female 20 and male 9), who returned from Middle East countries, Caritas Bangladesh said on its social media post.
The help given by Carias Bangladesh is for their sustainable self-employment after the completion of training.
These beneficiaries hail from five Upazilas (sub-district) such as Faridpur Sadar, Madhukhali, Saltha, Upazila, and Charvadrason of Faridpur district in south-central Bangladesh.
Most of the migrants returned from the Middle East due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and Caritas Bangladesh wanted to help them.
The chief guest for the occasion was Md. Yakub Ali, chairman of Gazirtek Union, Faridpur district.
Addressing the gathering, he said, “It is a good program for the sustainability of the migrant returnees. They would utilize the fund properly and contribute to your family for economic development.”
Radio Veritas Asia (RVA), a media platform of the Catholic Church, aims to share Christ. RVA started in 1969 as a continental Catholic radio station to serve Asian countries in their respective local language, thus earning the tag “the Voice of Asian Christianity.” Responding to the emerging context, RVA embraced media platforms to connect with the global Asian audience via its 21 language websites and various social media platforms.
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