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Spice up your life for charity cash

17/ 5/2008

FOOD lovers are being urged to enjoy some top notch grub and buy a house for just £800!

You could barely afford a three-piece suite for that amount in Tameside, but for a poverty-stricken family in Bangladesh £750-£800 could buy a new home.

That’s why Dukinfield-based charity, Just Help Foundation, has arranged a fund-raising night at the Blu Spice Indian restaurant on St Albans Avenue, Ashton, from 7.30pm on 28 May.

Chairman of the charity, Mizan Rahman, of Market Street, Hyde says the event follows the success of a curry night held in December which raised £20,000 for victims of the cyclone in Bangladesh.

"We are now hoping to make enough money to build 25 houses for distressed people in Bangladesh, especially those whose family sacrificed their lives in 1971 (when Bangladesh fought for independence from Pakistan)," he said.

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"The money we have already raised has paid for blankets, oil, rice, medical treatment and we are hoping to roll the project out in other countries."

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: "Tickets are £20 each which includes a feast of fine indian cuisine and traditional cultural dancing."

Bangladesh’s Assistant High Commissioner Asad Alam Siam will be attending and tickets can be bought from the restaurant or by phoning 07985 143304.