TDS Desk:

Activists of the Hafezzi Charitable Society of Bangladesh (HCSB), a non-political, non-profit organisation, vowed to support the protesters of Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, ignoring the hassles and threats from the police and Awami League men.

Now they clean roads, provide traffic management, treat patients injured during the movement and paint destroyed walls in the capital to commemorate the country’s mass revolution.

Besides, the HCSB helped hundreds of injured people undergoing treatment at various hospitals, including Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic Rehabilitation (NITOR), Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital, Mugda Medical College and Hospital and Enam Medical College Hospital, Savar.

The non-political organisation provided water and dry food to more than 10,000 people involved in the movement from beginning to end, spending approximately Tk1,500,000 during that period.

Day labourer Muhammad Asad, who is undergoing treatment at DMCH, said, “A bullet hit my back and exited through my chest. I was very worried because I didn’t have enough money for treatment. I thank the Hafezzi Charitable Society for their support.”

Tarekul Islam, one of the coordinators of the student movement, expressed his gratitude to the HCSB for its excellent activities during the movement and wished for the cooperation of the people of the organisation in building the future of the country.

Talking to the Daily Sun, HCSB Director Muhammad Raj said, “While distributing food to the protesters, HCSB Secretary Faisal bin Hussain was seriously injured in attacks by police. He is still in bed after several surgeries.”

The HCSB director also said that around 40 activities of the organisation have been undertaken to help the people during and after the movement.

“Over the past two years, we have provided emergency relief to 42,000 families affected by floods in Sylhet, Sunamganj and southern areas of the country. Even during the movement, we have treated 50,000 patients at free medical camps,” he added.

HCSB Executive Director Prof Amirul Islam said, “As we are fully committed to the well-being of humanity, we have stood with the protesters of the movement from the beginning. Looking at the difficult situation in the movement, we quickly raised funds and supported the protesters amid risks. Our activities will continue in the future.”

HCSB Secretary General Mawlana Ibrahim Khalil said, “We have spent Tk50 lakh on medical aid and distributed 200 tube wells across the country in the last one and a half years.”

“Now we are distributing food and water among the students, controlling traffic on the roads, and painting different walls in Dhaka,” HCSB Publicity Secretary Maulana Mohsin Bin Muin said.