JORHAT, July 12 -- Volunteers of Pink Brigade, an arm of Mumbai-based Earth Brigade Foundation, an NGO working for wildlife protection and uplift of underprivileged women in rural areas of India, distributed sanitary pads, undergarments and masks to flood-affected women of villages at Nimatighat area on the Brahmaputra bank here.
Firoz Hussain, a local volunteer of the Pink Brigade, who is also an avid bird watcher of the North East, told this newspaper that after informing the local administration, the group distributed sanitary pads, undergarments and masks to over 700 women who have been severely affected by floods in recent times.
He said COVID-19 protocol like social distancing and personal hygiene were observed and items were distri...