One Good Thing: A Bangladeshi group of volunteers is providing COVID-19 patients with fruit baskets and “get well soon” cards to keep their spirits up amid reports that many patients are being ostracized by their families and neighbors.
Members of Bidyanondo Foundation pack care packages for COVID-19 patients in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, June 6, 2020. The Bangladeshi group of volunteers is providing COVID-19 patients with fruit baskets and “get well soon” cards to keep their spirits up amid reports that many patients are being ostracized by their families and neighbors. The group stepped in after disturbing news reports that a woman has been abandoned in a forest by her family after she developed coronavirus symptoms.
There were mangoes, litchis, oranges, apples, lemons and other food. And there was a get-well card for her father that read, “We are here to stand by you. This is a token of love. Our heart goes to you!” The incidents have prompted Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to express her regret in a speech in Parliament.
“Actually, in this time of corona, humanity is in a sort fading away. But in this case, we are trying to set an example of humanitarian approach,” he said.Bidyanondo depends mostly on crowdfunding. It has built a partnership with the military and its agencies, and works with about 80 other groups across Bangladesh.
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