Informes

Period covered by this Operations Update: 1 July to 30 November 2009. This emergency appeal seeks CHF 24,483,160 (USD 22.2 million or EUR 15 million) in cash, kind, or services to support the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) to assist…

This report covers the period 1 July to 30 November 2009 In brief Programme purpose: Bangladesh as a country is suffering from the severe impact of climate change. The damaging impact of climate change is already taking shape in the form of…

USAID extended support to CARE Bangladesh to reduce the suffering of cyclone Aila, river erosion and monga affected populations through food rations. CARE Bangladesh in collaboration with its partner organizations is distributing 2542 MT of food (Wheat, Vegetable Oil and…

Period covered by this Ops Update: 8 October to 9 November 2009; Appeal target (current): CHF 2,355,249 (USD 2.2 million or EUR 1.6 million) in cash, kind, or services to support the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) to assist 36,800…

IFPRI Discussion Paper 00928 Lora Iannotti Kenda Cunningham Marie Ruel ABSTRACT A critical yet often overlooked component of food security is diet quality. Even households who have access to sufficient amounts of food and calories may still lack essential micronutrients, increasing their risk for…

1. Executive Summary : Just over 05 months have passed since Cyclone "Aila" hit Bangladesh( 25 May 2009) but sufferings still continuing in the severely affected districts of Khulna and Shatkhira where more than 201,982 displaced people (70% of severely…

Bandarban, Thursday, 22 October 2009: Mr. David Hill, Head of the European Commission Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO), Bangladesh Mission, highly lauded the active role of WFP in assisting rodent crisis affected communities in remote areas of the Chittagong Hill Tracts…

Executive summary Bangladesh consists mostly of a low-lying river delta with over 230 rivers and tributaries situated between the foothills of the Himalayas and the Bay of Bengal. The combination of its geography, population density, and extreme poverty make…

Despite much progress, recent food, financial and weather crises have triggered an unrelenting growth in hunger around the globe. Today, a record one billion people - mostly women and children go to bed hungry each night. That's why the World…

ActionAid's HungerFREE Scorecard Investigates why a Billion People are Hungry Executive Summary Over one billion people - a sixth of humanity - don't have enough to eat. Almost a third of the world's children are growing up malnourished. This is perhaps…