Our Annual Report provides an overview of our programmes and key achievements over the past year as well as some of our new ongoing initiatives. Our core focus going forward is still on food and nutrition security, integrated into education, resilience to disasters and climate change, and the reform of safety nets. WFP Bangladesh is pioneering innovative approaches in these fields to find the best ways of achieving food and nutrition security.

See the Annual Report 2011

Period covered by this Final Report: 27 July 2011 to 30 June 2012

Appeal target (current): CHF 884,396

Appeal coverage: Based on the initial appeal of CHF 1,267,094, the appeal remained at 68 per cent of covered in cash and kind. With the revised funds amounting to CHF 884,396, the total appeal coverage as of 21 June 2012 is 97 per cent.

Appeal history:

Period covered by this Ops Update: 16 March 2012 to 30 June 2012

Appeal target (current): CHF 884,396

Appeal coverage: Based on the initial appeal of CHF 1,267,094, the appeal remained at 68 per cent of covered in cash and kind. With revised fund amounting to CHF 884,396, the total appeal coverage as of 21 June 2012 is 97 per cent.

Appeal history:

• This Emergency Appeal was initially launched on 26 August 2011 for CHF 1,267,094 for eight months to assist 10,000 beneficiaries.

DHAKA, MAY 28 --- Today Dan Mozena, U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh, and Richard Greene, USAID Mission Director went on a one-day visit to a U.S. Government funded Coastal Crisis Management Center and inaugurate a Multi-Purpose Cyclone Shelter-School. The Multi Purpose Cyclone Shelter School initiatives continue to strengthen the partnership between United Sates and Government of Bangladesh around humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) efforts, as well as other areas of mutual cooperation.

Asia-Pacific actions to address climate change will have global impact

Jakarta -- Countries in Asia and the Pacific are at a crossroads and must now strike a balance between rising prosperity and rising emissions. Their success or failure will have repercussions worldwide, predicts a new report released today by the United Nations Development Programme.

This report covers the period 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2011

In brief

Programme outcome The aim of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is to coordinate and support efforts at country and regional level to assist South Asian National Societies to scale up their work to improve the lives of vulnerable people through the provision of preparedness and resilience focused technical services.

Key messages

• Prices of rice and wheat remained stable however, experienced some fluctuation in November and December.

• The overall food security situation is favorable however, due to low cereal production, it remains a concern in certain districts in Mid-Western Mountain and Mid-Western Hill.

• Natural calamities have affected people's food security in recent months; moreover the political situation remains tense.

A new assessment of food needs in flood-affected Satkhira district shows that more than 150,000 people will require food and other assistance over the next 12 months. The report, published by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), indicates that flooding in July has caused prolonged displacement, crop damage and food insecurity.

Dhaka, 31 January 2012
POL/2012/D/00191/AAcd

The European Union has set aside €12 million (Tk 1.2 billion) to provide humanitarian aid for communities suffering acute hardship in Bangladesh. The EU money has been allocated to help people whose livelihoods have been destroyed by severe water-logging, as well as to other communities where studies show that acute malnutrition is now widespread.