Reports

Context of the Report 1.1 Defining Adaptation Technology Climate change negatively affects human and ecological systems, increases vulnerability and causes a need for adaptation (IPCC 2007, IPCC 2014). In order to achieve adaptation and minimize the extent and…

◾8735 new refugees have been registered since 25 August, while the media reports that another 20 000 are still at the border in the "no-man’s land". Although the border is officially closed, some refugees (elderly, women,…

SITUATION IN NUMBERS 358,602 # Children in need of humanitarian assistance 708,743 # People in need (UNICEF projection according to inter-agency SitReps, MIRA and BBS census 2011) UNICEF Appeal 2017 US$9.45 million *Thanks to the generous contribution from donors, UNICEF Bangladesh has achieved…

This report is produced by the Humanitarian Coordination Task Team (HCTT) of Bangladesh in collaboration with humanitarian partners. It covers the period from 20 to 27 August 2017. The next report will be issued on or…

By Raqibul Alam, Sajid Hasan and Ika Koeck, IFRC Abdul Malek and his family narrowly escaped the flood with their lives, perched on a rooftop surrounded by rising waters. For days, they took refuge on the roof of…

DHAKA – Plan International is appealing for increased funding to scale up its response and meet the critical health, protection and livelihood needs of children and their families devastated by the recent flooding in Bangladesh, which…

This Emergency Appeal seeks 4,712,033 Swiss francs to enable the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to support the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) to deliver assistance and support to 20,000 families…

DHAKA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is distributing emergency food supplies to more than 200,000 people in northwest Bangladesh, about a week after massive floods inundated more than half the country. WFP, in partnership…

Overview of Flood, August 2017 Rise of water levels in the various rivers in the northern part of the country due to heavy rainfalls as well as water flow from the upstream hills in India have led…

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (August 21, 2017)— Central and southern Bangladesh are bracing for devastation as flood waters that wreaked havoc in the country’s north begin the long journey to the Bay of Bengal. More than 20 million people…