Juveniles initiate ‘Project Eider Hasi’ for Barisal street children

Activists of Lal-Sabuj, the only monthly children-juvenile magazine in the region, initiated ‘Project Eider Hasi (smile of Eid)’ to purchase new Eid clothes for the street children in Barisal. Shahidul Alam, deputy commissioner Barisal, and Altaf Mahmud Shikdar, acting Mayor Barisal City Corporation, giving their donations in the sealed-box inaugurated the programme Wednesday. Tahsin Uddin, editor monthly Lal-Sabuj, said they will move with the box door to door to collect donations for the distressed street children.Anyone wanting to donate in the box also could contact over mobile phone number -01835135138 and the Lal-Sabuj activists will rush to the caller. Collected donations in the box would be spent for purchasing new cloths to distribute among the street children before Eid.Key of the transparent sealed-box was kept with the deputy commissioner, Tahsin added seeking response from those who could afford donation for the distressed street children to purchase new clothes in Eid. – Our Correspondent