Informes

Executive Summary Overview The People's Republic of Bangladesh, home to more than 150 million people, was hard hit by recent global economic crises. The 2008 global food price crisis sent a substantial number of households back to poverty, with 25% of…

DREF operation n=B0 MDRBD006 GLIDE n=B0 ST-2010-000074-BGD Update n=B0 1 IFRC's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by IFRC in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for Red Cross and Red Crescent response…

World Bank and international donors are working together to provide longer-term support for developing countries affected by the food crisis. - Global food price spikes in 2007 and 2008 increased undernourishment by an estimated 6.8%, and drove at least 100 million…

CHF 267,129 (USD 250, 677 or EUR 186, 294) has been allocated from IFRC's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society in delivering immediate assistance to at least 22,500 people (4,500 families). Un-earmarked funds…

PR/- 8 /10 Dhaka, 20 April 2010 POL/2010/D/00570/AAcd PRESS RELEASE For immediate release Dhaka, 20 April 2010 -- The Bangladeshi people living in the remote areas of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) are still facing severe food insecurity due to a three…

DHAKA 7 March 2010- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) thanked the Government of Japan on Sunday for a generous cash donation of US$7 million (48 Crore) of food assistance, that will also help poor communities prepare and…

Road maintenance work makes rural destitute women self reliant Context In Bangladesh, poverty affects around half of the population, mostly in rural areas and in particular among households headed by women. Children and women are especially vulnerable. REOPA,…

Key Messages Grain prices declined to pre-2008 food-crises levels although they are on the increase in the past two months. The country is prone to floods and cyclones which seasonally affect the population which is still recovering from last year devastating…

Period covered by this Final Report: 16 November 2007 to 30 November 2009 Appeal target: CHF 24,483,160 (USD 22.2 million or EUR 15 million) Final appeal coverage: 80%; Appeal history: - A Revised Emergency Appeal was launched on 25 November 2007 for CHF…

Glide no. TC-2007-000208-BGD Period covered by this Operations Update: 21 December 2009 to 29 January 2010; Appeal target (current): CHF 2,355,249 (USD 1,101,770 or EUR 783,640) in cash, kind, or services to support the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) to assist…