The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Multinational lender World Bank (WB) yesterday has expressed its willingness to launch a five-year project worth US$ 35 million for welfare of the handicapped and vulnerable children in Bangladesh.

The proposal came when the WB country director Xian Zhu called on Chief Adviser's Special Assistant for Social Welfare and Posts and Telecommunications Ministry Brig Gen (retd) MA Malek at his secretariat office Sunday, a release of the bank said.

Under the project WB wants to help raising the quality of

services in government and non-government sectors for the country's handicapped and vulnerable children, extending the periphery of the services, development of government and non-government participation for the welfare and rehabilitation of those deprived people and creating massive awareness on the issue, the release added.