Employees of Delta Brac Housing Finance Corporation Ltd. known as DBH took part in the volunteers-sponsorship home building activities launched by Habitat for Humanity International Bangladesh (HFHIB) at Savar in Dhaka on Friday (5 February 2010).

Habitat for Humanity International Bangladesh (HFHIB), an internationally reputed non-government organization (NGO) with the financial assistance of DBH is constructing low cost houses for the low income families at Savar.

A team of employees of DBH headed by Dominic D’ Cruze, Head of Marketing and Customer Management, went to Savar on 5 February to join the day long home building activities of HFHIB. They carried brick, sand and cement, mixed mortars and laid bricks for walls. Senior Officials of HFIHB also took part in the build.

As part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), DBH arranged similar programme in 2009 to provide affordable shelter and housing for low income families at Kaligonj.  DBH is the first among the country’s financial institutions which is supporting to build low cost houses for low income families.

DBH Managing Director Q. M. Shariful Ala said “we want to make our contribution in the society as we believe that business and society go hand in hand.”  This sort of programme will help build low cost but reliable housing solutions for the low income families of the country, he said.

Mr. Shariful Ala said the scarcity of land is the major problem to provide shelter for the people of low income group. He urged both government and private sector to come forward to meet the fast growing demand of housing for the low income families of the country.