MTB Foundation recently signed an agreement with Quasem Foundation for the project titled Eyesight Restoration Camps.
The objective of the affiliation is to access basic eye care facilities by providing quality eye care services for the people of lower socio-economic and low-income communities in the remote rural areas of Rangpur Division.
The Eyesight Restoration Camps will cover patient screening provide basic healthcare services, including eye screening, medicine supply, distribution of spectacles and conducting surgeries like cataract, pterygium, Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) and Dual-clutch Transmission (DCT).
MTB Foundation, through this project, intends to support Sustainable Development Goal SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-Being) and SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth).
The agreement was signed by Tasvir Ul Islam, general secretary, Quasem Foundation and Samia Chowdhury, chief executive officer, MTB Foundation in the presence of Syed Mahbubur Rahman, managing director and CEO, Chowdhury Akhtar Asif, additional managing director and GCRO, Md Khalid Mahmood Khan, additional managing director and CBO, Rais Uddin Ahmad, deputy managing director and CAMLCO, Shafayat Ullah, head of Group Legal Affairs Division, Sujan Barua, group chief financial officer (GCFO) and Mohammad Mamun Faruk, Divisional Head, Wholesale Banking Division 1 of Mutual Trust Bank PLC (MTB) at a simple ceremony held at the bank’s corporate head office.
Among others, ABM Atiqur Rahman, general manager, Quasem Foundation and Golam Rabbani from MTB Foundation were also present during the event.
