Kingston, Ontario — Children and youth with disabilities in Bangladesh will have better access to education, health, employment, and community activities thanks to a partnership between the Harper Government and Queen's University. Today, Gord Brown, Member of Parliament for Leeds–Grenville, on behalf of the Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of International Cooperation, announced support for the Access to Health and Education for all Children and Youth with Disabilities (AHEAD) project.

Description

The Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR) was established in May 2000 and provides direct grant assistance to the poorest and most vulnerable groups in developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) while fostering long-term socioeconomic development. The grants target poverty reduction initiatives with the direct participation of nongovernment organizations, community groups, and civil society.

Summary of Damages and Losses

A. Person: (Naogaon+Brahmanbaria)

• Death: 2+36 = 38
• Injured: 26+388 = 414

B. Family: (Natore+Naogaon+Brahmanbaria)

• Heavily affected families: 479+340+1326 =2145
• Partially affected families: 809+3830+402 = 5041
• Total affected families: 2145 + 5041= 7186

C. House: (Natore+Naogaon+Brahmanbaria)

GLIDE n° FL-2012-000106-BGD

Period covered by this Operation Update: 16 November 2012 to 31 January 2013

Appeal target (current): CHF 1,753,139

Appeal coverage: To date, the appeal is 81 per cent covered in cash and kind; and 83 per cent covered including contributions currently in the pipeline.

Appeal history:

Context: A long road to universal primary school completion

While global poverty fell during the 1990s, the numbers of urban poor people rose (Ravallion, Chen and Sangraula 2007). In many developing countries more than half the urban population lives below the national poverty line. Recent economic crisis has made their situation worse, causing many urban families to cut expenditure on food and children’s education. Many of the urban poor live in extremely poor conditions, in informal settlements with limited access to services. Both government-run services and non-governmental organizations tend to neglect the urban poor.

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

DHAKA, OCTOBER 11 -- US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan Mozena and USAID/Bangladesh Mission Director Richard Greene today announced the commitment of US$200 million in development assistance to Bangladesh in Fiscal Year 2012 through the programs of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), including USAID/Washington central programs.

DHAKA, 12 October 2012 (IRIN) - Millions of children across Bangladesh will take part in a nationwide earthquake drill on 13-14 October.

Over 30,000 schools are conducting the drills under the government’s Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme (CDMP) funded by the UN Development Programme; they will coincide with the International Day of Disaster Risk Reduction (13 October).