Dhaka, July 12 -- As a first step, $1.3 million (12 million Swedish Krona) is donated to WaterAid, CARE and Save the Children to provide around 76,000 young women, their families and community members in around Dhaka with emergency relief, also reaching 1 million people with messages on COVID-19 and hygiene practices, the foundation said in a statement.

"We will directly support women and their families with for example cash assistance for food, medication and other necessities, provide COVID-19 awareness raising and testing, hygiene materials and handwashing facilities. We hope to see more donors show their support in different ways", says Carola Tembe, programme manager of H&M Foundation.

"Bangladesh is one of the most densely populat...