Friday, April 10, 2020

Zonta Club distributes food to wage workers


Kathmandu, Apr 9
Zonta Club of Kathmandu has distributed 1,000 food packages to daily wage earners to help them to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.

It distributed 1,000 food packages – comprised of rice, lentils, pulses, cooking oil, beaten rice, salt, sugar and tea - to the workers' families in Bijeshwori, Budhanilkantha, Dhalko, Jagritinagar, Jorpati, Lele, Mahankal, Nagarjun, Sankhamool, Sinamangal, Thali, Thapathali, Tokha Municipalities and Teku.

The club partnered with organisations like Bikalpa, Nepal Mahila Samaj, Food for Life, ICDO, Sky Foundation and some individual.

Although it targeted to reach 300 families, it reached over 2,400 families by Wednesday, the club said.

Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 10 April 2020. 

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