Charity dinner raises £10K for new homes

Food lovers tucked into three-course meal and raised more than £10,000 to build 15 homes for the poor in Bangladesh. Dukinfield-based charity, the Just Help Foundation, arranged a fund-raising night at the Blu Spice Indian restaurant on St Albans Avenue, Ashton to raise the much-needed funds for poverty-stricken families in one of the most poorest countries in the world. This was the second successful charity dinner organised by Mizan Rahman who has already helped to raise almost £20,000 for victims of the cyclone in Bangladesh in December. Already 12 businesses across the North West have pledged their support with the Warrington Rest in Hyde and Blu Spice in Ashton agreeing to pay for one house each.Mr Rahman, who is a news reporter for Bangla TV and a former Bangladesh national hockey player, added: "After such a successful night were many people donated generously, I hope to organise another dinner and raise enough funds so we can complete all 25 homes."Special guests on the night included Bangladesh’s Assistant High Commissioner Asad Alam Siam and mayor and mayoresss of Tameside, Councillor Jack Davis and wife Carole.For more information or to donate visit http://www.justhelpfoundation.co.uk/