Caritas distributes food, supplies to victims of floods in Bangladesh

Published: 2007-08-07

DHAKA, Bangladesh (CNS) -- Responding to a government appeal, Catholic groups have been distributing food and relief materials to help victims of the recent heavy flooding in Bangladesh. Caritas Bangladesh said in a statement Aug. 5 that it had pledged about $876,000 and that the Catholic social service agency had started distributing food items to 7,500 affected families, reported UCA News, an Asian church news agency. Caritas Bangladesh is the local affiliate of Caritas Internationalis, an umbrella organization of Catholic aid agencies. Besides helping flood victims, Caritas Bangladesh said it was distributing rice and molasses in the worst-hit district of Sirajganj. It distributed clothing, bedding and other household essentials to landslide victims in several districts. Aid distribution began after heavy rains in late July plunged many low-lying parts of the country under water.

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