Rangpur: Much-admired female volunteer and cricketer Arifa Jahan Bithi has taken an initiative to provide iftar items to 8,000 fasting poor, orphans, distressed and helpless people across the district during this holy Ramadan. Last year, she provided high-quality hygienic iftar to 6,000 poor and distressed people during the holy month of Ramadan.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, Bithi, founding president of Women’s Dreamer Cricket Academy (WDCA) Rangpur and Humanity Foundation, has gained wide recognition for her multi-dimensional social welfare activities and standing by the distressed humanity since the Covid-19 pandemic. Talking to BSS, Bithi mentioned that the condition of the lower, middle, and working-class people of society is disappointing due to the increase in the prices of daily necessities.
Bithi highlighted that those who do not work even a day are the ones who are most in trouble. To support these individuals, she has taken up humanitarian activities like providing iftar items and food assistance. On the first day of Ramadan, she organized an iftar party and distributed iftar packets to 300 fasting people, including unemployed, helpless, orphans, and elderly parents, in the Station Pathbari area of Ward No 26 of Rangpur city. The cost for 300 fasting people will be Taka 30,000 per day.
Bithi expressed her commitment to providing a total of 8,000 Iftar packets in 30 days at the cost of Taka 8,00,000 this Ramadan. She also mentioned that she will start distributing food aid to distressed people soon, similar to previous years. Meanwhile, Bithi has announced her unique initiative on social media platform Facebook, where she received a huge response from people. Many individuals have extended their support to her initiative.
Arifa Jahan Bithi played in Dhaka Premier League First Division cricket from 2010 to 2017. She is also providing free cricket training to hundreds of women. Additionally, Bithi has extended a helping hand in natural disasters and has been involved in constructing mosques and madrasas in Rangpur division, as well as distributing the Holy Quran among madrasa students.