Appeal Target: US$ 87,167
Geneva, 22 July 2004
Dear Colleagues,
The overall flood situation in the country has deteriorated further due to heavy rainfall and an on-rush of flood waters from the upper regions of the country. The Government has called out the army to assist the rescue and relief operation in the worst hit districts and the DG NGO Affairs Bureau has made an official appeal to the NGOs for immediate emergency relief. The Flood Forecasting & Warning Center (FFWC) reports that the flooding in the north-eastern part of the country continues to deteriorate and the situation in the north and central parts of the country is also likely to worsen. Out of 86 river monitoring points, 33 have now crossed their respective danger levels.
Low-lying areas around Dhaka City are inundated, forcing many people to move to safer places. Water-borne diseases have broken out in some affected districts.
The ACT Forum Bangladesh: Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Service (RDRS), Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB), Church of Bangladesh (CoB) Social Health & Education Development (SHED) Board and KOINONIA have prepared a joint proposal to distribute a relief package containing basic food items to 10,000 of the most vulnerable families affected by the flooding. Each ACT member will distribute 2,000 packages to families in their own operational areas. RDRS will act as the co-ordinating organisation for this appeal.
The ACT Forum members continues to monitor and assess the deteriorating situation in their respective working areas and will keep the ACT Co-ordinating Office informed. It is therefore expected that the present Appeal will be revised to include further relief programmes from the individual ACT members if there is need of additional support from the Alliance.
Project Completion Date: 31 August 2004
Summary of Appeal Targets, Pledges/Contributions Received and Balance Requested
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US$
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| Total Appeal Target(s) |
87,167
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| Less: Pledges/Contr. Recd. | |
| Balance Requested from ACT Alliance |
87,167
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Please kindly send your contributions to the following ACT bank account:
Account Number - 240-432629.60A (USD)
Account Name: ACT - Action by Churches Together
UBS AG
8, rue du Rhône
P.O. Box 2600
1211 Geneva 4
SWITZERLAND
Swift address: UBSW CHZH12A
Please also inform the Finance Officer Jessie Kgoroeadira (direct tel. +4122/791.60.38, e-mail address jkg@act-intl.org) of all pledges/contributions and transfers, including funds sent direct to the implementers, now that the Pledge Form is no longer attached to the Appeal.
We would appreciate being informed of any intent to submit applications for EU, USAID and/or other back donor funding and the subsequent results. We thank you in advance for your kind cooperation.
ACT Web Site address: www.act-intl.org
Jessie Kgoroeadira
Acting Director, ACT Co-ordinating Office
ACT is a global alliance of churches and related agencies working to save lives and support communities in emergencies worldwide.
The ACT Coordinating Office is based with the World Council of Churches (WCC) and The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in Switzerland.
I. REQUESTING ACT MEMBER INFORMATION
The ACT Forum Bangladesh:
- Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Service (RDRS),
- Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB),
- Church of Bangladesh (CoB)
- KOINONIA
- Social Health & Education Development (SHED) Board & RDRS will act as the co-ordinating agency for this appeal.
II. IMPLEMENTING ACT MEMBER & PARTNER INFORMATION
Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Service (RDRS) is a rural development and poverty alleviation operation in Bangladesh working in seven Districts in the north. RDRS was born out of the war of Independence in 1971 as the Bangladesh Field Programme of the Lutheran World Federation, Department for World Service (LWF/DWS). Since then its work has progressed from refugee and relief assistance, through rehabilitation to encompass a wide variety of integrated development activities. After transforming itself into an autonomous Bangladeshi organisation in 1997, it became an associate programme of LWF/DWS and an active partner of ACT International.
Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB) emerged in 1973 as the successor of the Bangladesh Ecumenical Relief and Rehabilitation Services (BERRS) to address not only the relief and rehabilitation needs of the people but also to alleviate the increasing poverty and misery of the people in a newly born nation by initiating development activities.
CCDB has over the years amassed substantial experience in disaster preparedness and in rapid and appropriate responses to the various kinds of natural disasters experienced in Bangladesh. CCDB co-ordinates a disaster preparedness network of 46 organisations operating in different disaster prone pockets of the country.
The Church of Bangladesh (CoB) is a church based local NGO working for the holistic development of poor people in the community, irrespective of caste and religion. It has provided assistance to people in various disasters since 1987.
The Church of Bangladesh implements its programmes with the help of local government, NGOs, and local churches as well as the beneficiaries themselves.
KOINONIA is the service organ of the National Christian Fellowship of Bangladesh (NCFB). It is a non-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO).
Since its establishment in 1986, KOINONIA has had comprehensive experience in emergency relief and in alleviating the suffering caused by the many natural disasters that hit Bangladesh.
Social Health & Education Development (SHED) is the service arm of the Bangladesh Baptist Sangha (BBS) which is a member of the National Council of Churches, Bangladesh (NCC-B).
SHED works with the poor, helpless and destitute, seeking to raise the social and economic status of the under-privileged people in Bangladesh irrespective of caste or creed.
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