Sanatan Dharm Pratinidhi Sabha ready to assist affected students

The largest Hindu organisation in the country, Shree Sanatan Dharm Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji says assistance will be provided to students who attend any of their schools and have been affected by COVID-19 or Tropical Cyclone Harold.

The Sabha runs 117 schools in the country and they have more than 70,000 students.

Sabha General Secretary, Vijendra Prakash says teachers and school heads will identify the students who have been affected and will inform the management after which arrangements will be made to assist these students.

All this will happen when school opens on the 15th of June.

Prakash says those affected will be provided with meal assistance and school supplies. Meanwhile, the Sabha has assisted 167 families who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and Tropical Cyclone Harold and will be assisting another 100 families in the coming weeks.