Executive Summary Historically, Bangladesh has faced various hydro-meteorological threats including cyclones, floods, salinity intrusion, storm surges, erosion, and drought. The changing climatic...
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COVID-19 response and recovery operations in Bangladesh: Evaluation of activities funded by the disasters emergency committee (August 2022)
Commissioning organisation: British Red Cross and Bangladesh Red Crescent Society Author: Stone D. and Chowdhury K. Description: The purpose of this independent end of project evaluation was to...
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Myanmar crisis: “Why are we here? We don’t know”
By Matthew Carter • Oct 23, 2017 On the steep hillsides near the Myanmar-Bangladesh border, a ramshackle collection of camps and settlements have sprung up. Conditions here are extremely harsh –...
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Fleeing Myanmar: Portraits of lives overturned
By Diana Shaw In a makeshift camp in Bangladesh, 25-year-old Shovika Mia holds her newborn daughter. Shovika gave birth to baby Nur Halima in the hills while fleeing her home in Myanmar. She and her...
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“Unbearable conditions” facing families fleeing Myanmar violence
In the pouring monsoon rain, a family trudges through the mud on a journey that could be the difference between life and death. This is the border between Myanmar, also known as Burma, and...
Growing incomes: A vital defence against cyclones in Bangladesh
As well as threatening lives and homes, cyclones can wipe out people’s incomes. And with no way of earning money, those affected will struggle to rebuild their lives after the wind and waves die...
Dangerous water: the hidden impact of cyclones in Bangladesh
Cyclones and floods are constant threats in parts of Bangladesh. The devastation they cause goes beyond flattened homes, deaths and injuries. Some effects will only be seen months or years later – in...
Red Cross provides shelter after Cyclone Mahasen
When Cyclone Mahasen hit southern Bangladesh on 16 May 2013, more than one million people were evacuated to cyclone shelters and around 155,000 houses were destroyed or damaged. The British Red Cross...
Bangladesh: a cyclone photo story
Bangladesh has always been a frequent victim of cyclones, but a number of complex issues mean cyclones, and the tidal surges they often cause, are having an increasingly devastating impact on people...
The lessons of Sidr: easily learned and easily shared
Four years ago today, Cyclone Sidr struck Bangladesh. It claimed over 3,300 lives and injured more than 34,500 people. The government released warnings the day before, and the Bangladesh Red Crescent...
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When the daily crust disappears: seeds of change in Bangladesh
By Sarah Oughton In a recent survey by the British Red Cross, one-third of the UK population said they’d never heard of ‘food insecurity‘. The term, used by aid workers, refers to a complex set of...
Bangladesh: new homes and livelihoods for cyclone survivors
9 December 2010 Since Cyclone Aila devastated 11 coastal districts in Bangladesh in May 2009, the regional economy has collapsed and the affected population remains in need of extensive support. ...
Bangladesh: Cyclone Sidr recovery "goes beyond dreams"
Vulnerable families from a landless fishing community that survived Cyclone Sidr in 2007 now have secure homes and better prospects thanks to a British Red Cross recovery programme. It means this...
Recovery in Bangladesh one year after Cyclone Sidr
One year on, the British Red Cross is helping hundreds of families who survived Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh by building new homes, but securing enough land is proving a challenge. More than 3,300...
New homes for survivors of Bangladesh cyclone
The British Red Cross is providing shelter and cash grants for fishing families who lost their homes and livelihoods after the cyclone in Bangladesh last year. When Cyclone Sidr struck on 15...
Bangladesh cyclone recovery plan
The British Red Cross is working in Bangladesh to assist up to 1,000 households rebuild their homes and restore their livelihoods following the devastating cyclone in November. Cyclone Sidr triggered...
Rebuilding homes after the cyclone in Bangladesh
The Red Cross is helping thousands of Bangladesh families rebuild their homes after they were destroyed in the recent cyclone. Manboru Bibi, who is in her 80s, can't walk very well but managed to get...
Bangladesh cyclone tears families apart
A British Red Cross delegate has described the heartbreaking devastation wreaked by Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh, which claimed around 3,000 lives and displaced millions from their homes. Anna Bifield,...
British Red Cross emergency team heads to Bangladesh
Following the devastation caused by Cylcone Cidr, a team of four British Red Cross logistics experts is heading to Bangladesh today (21 November) to help distribute relief to hundreds of thousands of...
Emergency appeal launched by British Red Cross for Bangladesh
"People who have survived Cyclone Sidr in remote areas Bangladesh have lost their homes and livelihoods and are in desperate need of assistance", said Ali Asgar, British Red Cross disaster...