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Grameen Telecom provides Personal Protective Gear and and Safety Equipment to Al-Markazul Islami Bangladesh and Dhaka Metropolitan Ambulance Owners Cooperative Society
Press Release - Grameen Telecom - 19 June 2020Since the outbreak of coronavirus in Bangladesh, Grameen Telecom has been distributing personal protective gear and safety equipment to doctors, nurses and other health workers in hospitals and to members of various organizations engaged in coronavirus treatment. So far, protective equipment have been provided to more than 50 hospitals and institutions.Al-Markazul Islami Bangladesh has been playing an important role during the coronavirus pande...
1 Million Free Non-Medical Masks Distributed by Grameen Telecom
Press Release - Grameen Telecom (03 June 2020)The use of face masks during the Covid-19 epidemic has been widely regarded as a very successful and essential safety measure for all. According to various international studies and the announcement from the Department of Health of Bangladesh, the use of masks made of cloth, especially those made of knit fabrics, significantly reduces the risk of coronavirus infection. Even though the spread of the virus is on the rise, people are stepping out of the...
Rebuilding a better world Online Course 11 th – 15 th of May 2020 with the Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus
The online course "Rebuilding a better world" took place from 11 to 20 May 2020; this was the first European distance higher education activity in which the Nobel Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus participated after the crisis triggered by the covid-19 emergency and will take place from 11 to 20 May 2020.The initiative started from a proposal of City of Peace for Children Basilicata and University od Basilicata, inside the Yunus Social Business Centre of Basilicata, in partnership with a network of ...
Further postponement "Place Based Sustainability, Ethics and Spirituality. Call for a new economy serving life".
Dear Colleagues and Friends, Dear Conference Participants,We regret to inform you that due to the challenges associated with the COVID-19 outbreak and the sanitary situation in most countries in the world we have decided to further postpone the SPES Annual Conference 2020 which was due to take place at the University of Urbino Carlo Bo (Italy), on 14 - 16 September 2019. Therefore we announce that the SPES Annual Conference will be held in the same location, Urbino, on May, 20-22nd, 2021.We took...
8 more Hospitals in Dhaka engaged in Corona treatment receive healthcare equipment from Grameen Telecom
Press Release - Grameen telecom (22 May 2020)Since the outbreak of coronavirus in Bangladesh started, Grameen Fabrics and Fashions Ltd has been making PPE gowns to protect doctors, nurses and health workers with financing from Grameen Telecom. Grameen Telecom has also put together sets of imported KN-95 masks, hand gloves and protective goggles and distributed those free of cost to selected hospitals. Grameen Telecom continues with its efforts, with its limited capacity, to ensure the protection...
Grameen Telecom Provides Healthcare Equipment to Hospitals Engaged in Corona Treatment in 7 Divisional Cities outside Dhaka
Gramen Telecom - Press Release (16 May 2020)It continues to be imperative to ensure the protection of doctors, nurses and other health workers engaged in providing healthcare services to tackle the coronavirus. To this end both the government and various non-government organizations have been providing protective gear for the frontline workers.Since the outbreak of the corona virus in Bangladesh, Grameen Fabrics and Fashions Ltd has been producing PPE gowns for doctors, nurses and health workers...
One Million Free Non-Medical Face Masks Provided by Grameen Telecom
Press Release - Grameen Telecom (03 May 2020) Grameen Telecom will provide 1 million cloth masks, free of cost, to underprivileged people who are unable to afford masks. 72,000 pieces of masks have already been distributed through various organizations so far. According to various international research and announcements by the Health Ministry coronavirus transmission can be significantly reduced by using masks made of cloth, especially those with knit fabrics. Grameen Telecom has tak...
Mourning the Loss of National Professor Jamilur Reza Choudhury
28 April 2020I never imagined that I would wake from sleep to hear such terrible news. The suddenness and magnitude of this bad news shook me deeply. Jamilur Reza Choudhury has been my friend for a long, long time. He has always been deeply involved in all my activities. Just today, he was to preside over our advisory committee telephone meeting at midday. We had been preparing for that since yesterday. Today, he is no more.Jamilur Reza Choudhury was an extraordinary person. He had the ability t...
করোনা সংকটে ৩০০ দুঃস্থ পরিবারকে খাদ্য সহয়তা প্রদানে গ্রামীণ শক্তি সামাজিক ব্যবসা লিঃ-এর কর্মসূচি গ্রহণ
প্রেস রিলিজকরোনা ভাইরাস সৃষ্ট সংকট মোকাবেলায় গৃহীত লক-ডাউন অবস্থার কারণে দেশের সাধারণ শ্রমজীবি ও প্রান্তিক জনগোষ্ঠীর আয়-রোজগার বন্ধ হয়ে যাওয়ায় এসকল দুঃস্থ মানুষ খাদ্যাভাবে জীবন যাপন করছ...
Grameen Shakti provides food support to 1750 underprivileged families
Press Release - Grameen Shakti - 24 April 2020Due to lock-down measures are taken to tackle the Coronavirus crisis, underprivileged low-income people have lost their means of livelihood and are facing a terrible food crisis. Grameen Shakti head office staff has taken an initiative to urgently start a Food Distribution Program to provide relief aid to these families to fulfill humanitarian responsibility. Grameen Shakti has started the Food Distribution Program in 10 districts of the ...
Grameen Healthcare Services Ltd. Undertakes “Food Distribution Program’’ Due Coronavirus Crisis in Bangladesh
Press Release - Grameen Healthcare Services Limited (GHS) (April 22, 2020)Grameen Healthcare Services Limited (GHS) is a social business organization. For more than one decade GHS has been providing healthcare services to the poor and downtrodden population in far reaching locations of the country. GHS is operating four eye hospitals in four different districts – Bogura, Barishal, Thakurgaon, and Satkhira. The aim of these hospitals is to provide modern eye care treatment to underprivilege...
GCCN launched an online E-learning portal
Grameen Caledonian College suspended its academic activities on its premises since March 17 due to Covid 19 following government directive. To ensure students’ academic study continues, GCCN launched an online E-learning portal on 1 April 2020. The GCCN faculty members are teaching 3 different courses - BSc in Nursing, Diploma in Nursing and BSc in Nursing (Post Basic) with a total of 70 subjects online. This portal is interactive and tracks every student’s academic progress, in...
Grameen Kalyan Offers Healthcare Services And Food Support during Pandemic
Press Release - Grameen Kalyan (18 April, 2020)Grameen Kalyan (GK), one of the many Grameen organizations, provides primary healthcare services to almost 8 million underprivileged people through its 138 community-based healthcare centres in various regions of Bangladesh. Grameen Kalyan also provides emergency healthcare, relief support and rehabilitation during various natural calamities such as floods, cyclones and storms as a part of its Disaster Management Program.During the Coronavirus pande...
Grameen Telecom carries out its responsibility towards ensuring the health and safety of doctors and healthcare workers
Press Release (16 April, 2020)It is crucial to ensure the safety of doctors and healthcare workers engaged in tackling the coronavirus. Along with the government, various private institutions and organizations are currently distributing protective gear. Since the start of the corona virus outbreak in Bangladesh, Grameen Fabrics and Fashion Ltd., financed by Grameen Telecom, has been manufacturing PPE (gown) for the safety of doctors, nurses and health care workers. Upto today, 25,000 safety gown...
Grameen Shikkha Emergency Food Distribution Program for the Extreme Poor in Mirpur Slums in Dhaka
Press Release (15 April, 2020)Grameen Shikkha (Grameen Education), one of the organizations in the Grameen family, has been conducting different development programs for the poor especially poor children and students for more than two decades. These programs include the Scholarship Management Program, Non-formal Primary Schools, Pre-primary Schools, Vocational Training Program, Early Childhood Development Program etc. and have directly benefited more than 360,000 people. One of the programs...