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Bangladesh

Emergency Appeal: World Food Programme Eastern Flood Response

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Eastern Floods (in USD)
Required Funding: $45 million ($31 million covered in the Revised Humanitarian Response Plan)
Gap: $39 million

Cyclone Remal, Sylhet & Jamuna Floods
Required Funding: $27 million
Gap: $10 million

Total Required: $72 million
Total Gap: $49 million

The Eastern floods are among the most severe in recent decades, devastating large parts of southeast and northeast Bangladesh. Nearly 6 million people across 11 districts have been impacted, with half a million displaced to shelters and 1 million stranded by floodwaters.

As co-lead of the Food Security Cluster, WFP, alongside local government authorities, including Deputy Commissioners and Upazila Nirbahi Officers, activated five standby partners, delivering lifesaving food assistance to the most affected areas in Cumilla, Feni, Noakhali, Moulvibazar, Laxmipur, and Cox’s Bazar.

As families return home and markets reopen, WFP is transitioning from direct food assistance to unconditional cash transfers, while also mobilizing funds to launch additional support through cash-for-work and income-generating activities, as well as emergency school feeding, aimed at fostering long-term recovery and rebuilding efforts for the affected communities.