Bringing the joy of Eid-ul-Fitr to everyone amidst the coronavirus pandemic, Resource Coordination Network Bangladesh (RCNB) will organize a one of a kind online concert and fundraiser titled Music Against Hunger 2020 on May 23 and May 24.
This event will provide viewers the opportunity to donate towards vulnerable and marginalized families in various parts of Bangladesh impacted by the current pandemic-imposed lockdowns. The event will also raise funds for Bangladeshi session musicians, whose livelihoods have been severely affected by Covid-19.
RCNB is a resource sharing network and currently engaged in targeted relief efforts and food delivery to vulnerable and underserved communities across Bangladesh, amid the ongoing pandemic.
Four major singers of Bangladesh - Topu, Tahsan, Minar and Rafa will perform live at the event. Music Against Hunger 2020 is supported by Closeup, with ABC Radio and Bioscope as its streaming partners.
Public Health Foundation, Bangladesh as a registered Civil Society Organization will collect all the donations inside Bangladesh.
Dhroopad, an American tax-exempt charitable foundation based in Virginia will accept all the international concert donations.
All collected donations will later be distributed as targeted food relief in various parts of Bangladesh by RCNB’s network of volunteers.
Choloshobai.com, a Bangladesh based crowd funding platform will act as the donation aggregator platform inside Bangladesh.
Viewers can catch the show live at facebook.com/MusicAgainstHunger/ at 10 pm Bangladesh time on both May 23 and 24. Viweres can donate at this link: https://choloshobai.com/campaign/music-against-hunger/
