Princess Margriet Francisca of the Netherlands and her son, Prince Pieter-Christiaan Michiel of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven, visited a project of the Red Crescent in Purba Rayoitara under village Saidabad union in Sirajganj on Thursday.
After their arrival at about 11.30am the project's beneficiaries as well as the villagers gave them a warm welcome. The prince and her son talked to the beneficiaries about how they survive the floods and other natural disasters, and related issues.
They also joined a discussion meeting arrange by the local people where they exchanged their views with the hosts.
'I am really happy to notice the gratitude of the people of this village. People here are very friendly and warm-hearted. I expect the project, which started last year here with funds contributed by both the Netherlands and the Bangladesh government, to be very much effective,' said the princess. 'We noticed that the lives of many of the beneficiaries have already been improved by the project.'
Red Crescent's chairman Professor Dr MS Akbar MP, Sirajganj's deputy commissioner Md Aminul Islam, police superintendent Mosharraf Hossain, BMA's president Dr Zahurul Haque Raja, local AL leader KM Hossain Ali Hassan, and Dr Habib-e-Millat Munna, the personal physician of the prime minister, were also present on the occasion.
source:NewAge
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