Mehmankhana food in lockdown

Published: 14 Jul 2021 22:07 BdST Updated: 14 Jul 2021 22:07 BdST

A group of youths have been feeding 3,000 poor people in an initiative called Mehmankhana in Dhaka’s Lalmatia since Jul 1 when the strict coronavirus lockdown restrictions were imposed. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
  • Most of the 3,000 people who eat meals for the poor at Mehmankhana in Dhaka’s Lalmatia during the coronavirus lockdown are rickshawpullers, security guards and homeless. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    Most of the 3,000 people who eat meals for the poor at Mehmankhana in Dhaka’s Lalmatia during the coronavirus lockdown are rickshawpullers, security guards and homeless. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • Most of the 3,000 people who eat meals for the poor at Mehmankhana in Dhaka’s Lalmatia during the coronavirus lockdown are rickshawpullers, security guards and homeless. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    Most of the 3,000 people who eat meals for the poor at Mehmankhana in Dhaka’s Lalmatia during the coronavirus lockdown are rickshawpullers, security guards and homeless. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • Volunteers of Mehmankhana distribute food among the poor in Dhaka’s Lalmatia. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    Volunteers of Mehmankhana distribute food among the poor in Dhaka’s Lalmatia. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • Mehmankhana food platters await distribution among the poor in Dhaka’s Lalmatia. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    Mehmankhana food platters await distribution among the poor in Dhaka’s Lalmatia. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • Homeless children also eat meals at Mehmankhana in Dhaka’s Lalmatia. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    Homeless children also eat meals at Mehmankhana in Dhaka’s Lalmatia. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • Khadiza Begum, a resident of Shankar, feeds her son who has disabilities, after taking food from Mehmankhana, an organisation of young volunteers in Dhaka’s Lalmatia. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    Khadiza Begum, a resident of Shankar, feeds her son who has disabilities, after taking food from Mehmankhana, an organisation of young volunteers in Dhaka’s Lalmatia. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • Moriyom and Tuni, who gave single names, regularly eat meals from Mehmankhana, an organisation of young volunteers, in Dhaka’s Lalmatia. The duo sell balloons in Rayerbazar. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    Moriyom and Tuni, who gave single names, regularly eat meals from Mehmankhana, an organisation of young volunteers, in Dhaka’s Lalmatia. The duo sell balloons in Rayerbazar. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

  • A rickshawpuller eats his meal from Mehmankhana, an organisation of young volunteers, in Dhaka’s Lalmatia. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

    A rickshawpuller eats his meal from Mehmankhana, an organisation of young volunteers, in Dhaka’s Lalmatia. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

 

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