Reports

Au Bangladesh, alors que les pluies ont diminué et que le niveau des eaux continue de baisser sur une majorité du territoire, les personnes sinistrées se retrouvent sans aucune ressource. Une équipe d'ACF est sur place depuis quelques jours…

By Cate Heinrich SIRAJGANJ DISTRICT, Bangladesh, 14 August 2007 - The devastation caused by the monsoon flooding of last month is visible throughout Bangladesh, but nowhere more than on the faces of the survivors themselves in Sirajganj, a flood-stricken northwestern district. For…

Dhaka_(dpa) _ The death toll from a raging deluge in Bangladesh reached an awesome total of 460 Tuesday as fresh summer floods touched off by rains submerged new areas slowing the retreat of the rivers from the water soaked…

Tim Shenk is a writer for Mennonite Central Committee. Akron, Pakistan - Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is providing aid to tens of thousands of people in Bangladesh and Nepal who have been affected by widespread flooding. In Bangladesh, MCC is providing…

Two thirds of Bangladesh is under water following torrential rains, and some 8 million people have been affected. Rains have also destroyed one complete crop season in a region where the main livelihood is agriculture. An UMCOR grant under…

By Arne Grieg Riisnæs, ACT International JITHKAR , BANGLADESH. August 14, 2007- While the massive amount of water is slowly withdrawing, the damage and emergency need is showing its true colours in Bangladesh. The desperation of people was seen as…

The floods in South Asia have hit Bangladesh with enormous force, and there is an acute need for just about everything, such as food, seed grain and reconstruction, DanChurchAid representative reports from Dhaka. "I have witnessed massive flooding and I have…

Funds Sent To: Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB) Amount Sent: US$ 50,000 Date: 13 August 2007 Details of Payment Emergency: Bangladesh Floods Date of Emergency: July/August 2007 Implementing Members: Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB) Church of Bangladesh (CoB) Koinonia Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Service…

August 13, 2007, New Delhi - India It is reported that more than 12 million people in the country have been stranded by the floods-a population the size of New York City and Los Angeles combined. This week's torrential rains have…

Elizabeth Ferris, Senior Fellow & Co-Director, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement While media coverage of Minneapolis' collapsed bridge and of miners trapped underground in Utah have been extensive, other tragic developments have gone almost unnoticed in the US press. Almost twenty…