Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed has pledged to provide financial assistance and vocational training to support self-reliance among members of the deceased families and the injured beneficiaries of the Social Development Foundation (SDF) who participated in the July-August movement.
He made the commitment on Tuesday while speaking at a ceremony held at the SDF headquarters in Dhaka, where financial aid and grants were provided to the families of deceased and the injured members of SDF.
Dr Salehuddin said that the sacrifices and participation of SDF member families demonstrate the solidarity of the students and public uprising during the mass movement of July-August 2024, in which people from all walks of life participated.
A total of seven people from the beneficiary families were martyred in the frontline movement, 16 sustained serious injuries, and 33 others under the World Bank-supported Resilience, Entrepreneurship, and Livelihood Improvement (RELI) Project of SDF were injured during the July-August 2024 protests.
The adviser presented financial assistance to the families of the seven martyrs, with each family receiving Tk200,000, to the 16 seriously injured people, each receiving Tk100,000, and to the 33 others who were injured, each receiving Tk50,000.
Alongside this financial support, the affected families have been actively engaged in poverty alleviation and livelihood improvement activities at the grassroots level, as part of the project’s objectives.
