Reporting Period: 1 January to 30 June 2023
Highlights
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In May 2023, Cyclone Mocha struck the coastal areas near the Bangladesh- Myanmar border affecting a total of 334,620 Bangladeshi nationals in Cox's Bazar Districts and 36,907 Rohingya refugees in camps, displacing 1,125 people and injuring 19. Through UNICEF support, more than 110,000 people (56,531 female and 47,906 children) received UNICEF support to access clean drinking water and other sanitation and hygiene facilities.
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UNICEF reached 902,404 people (474,734 female, 14,656 Persons with Disability) with multi-sectoral services.
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UNICEF has prepositioned lifesaving WASH supplies in 29 disaster affected districts, adequate for 156,000 people in case of any emergencies.
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29 UNICEF staff were trained as trainers on emergency preparedness and response in collaboration with ROSA while roll out of district-level training is planned.
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The Emergency Funding gap of 41 per cent is hampering the continuation of our life-saving interventions.
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UNICEF Bangladesh Country office has developed eight contingency PDs (cPDs) in case of emergencies for cyclones and floods. Nine more cPDs on earthquake and HCT are under development.