JORHAT, July 22 - Volunteers of Pink Brigade, an arm of Mumbai-based Earth Brigade Foundation - an NGO working for wildlife protection and for uplift of underprivileged women in rural areas of India, on Sunday distributed sanitary pads and undergarments to flood-hit women at Jhanjimukh area on the eastern outskirts here.
A local volunteer of Pink Brigade Foundation told this newspaper that after duly informing the local administration, the group distributed sanitary pads and undergarments to nearly 1,000 women of three villages along the Brahmaputra river at Jhanjimukh, one of the badly-hit areas by the deluge in the district.
The volunteer said that the group has plans to distribute similar material among women living in villages located in the saporis (sandbars) of the Brahmaputra at Jhanjimukh in the coming days.
The volunteer said that sanitation is an important issue and during the time of natural calamities like floods, the women folk often face a lot of difficulties in this regard for which the NGO was trying to provide succour to the women.
It may be mentioned here that the Earth Brigade Foundation, founded and run by Dr Sarita Subramaniam and Dr PV Subramaniam based in Mumbai, both well-known wildlife conservation activists, has been working for wildlife protection, elevation of underprivileged women in rural areas and for the welfare of street animals.
