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By Kamil Zaheer ROPAGANJ, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Fatima Begum looks forlorn as she gazes across the placid flood waters to her submerged house made of tin sheets some 200 meters (650 feet) away. "Taking advantage of the floods, people have stolen…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2004/128 OCHA Situation Report No. 9 Bangladesh - Floods 20 August 2004 General Situation 1. In many areas the relief and rehabilitation effort is well underway as people attempt to rebuild their lost and damaged property and livelihoods. However,…

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilising the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organisation and its millions of volunteers are active in over 181 countries. In Brief Appeal…

In southeast Asia, the monsoon winds have brought the seasonal rain, and the rain has brought floods. "Bangladesh floods every year, but this year has been especially bad, and way earlier than normal," says Alana Strong, a CRWRC staffperson in…

In an editorial first published in the Bangladeshi newspaper New Age, WFP country director in Bangladesh Douglas Casson Coutts calls on us to remember Bangladesh's poor, knocked back again by last month's floods. Dhaka, August 19 - There have been pictures…

Current situation In July, heavy monsoon rains led to major flooding over large areas of Bangladesh. Damage assessments, including one undertaken on behalf of the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), suggest that more than 33 million…

Gareth Thomas (the UK minister for International Development) has today announced that the UK is providing an additional £15 million for the post-flood rehabilitation programme in Bangladesh, to support the Government of Bangladesh's significant on-going relief and rehabilitation work. The…

As the British Red Cross Asia Floods Appeal exceeds =A3100,000, local volunteers continue to come to the aid of millions of people in Bangladesh, India and Nepal. "I'm delighted with the response to the appeal so far," said Mark Astarita,…

A full month after large areas of Bangladesh were flooded, some rural communities are still in desperate need of assistance. The Salvation Army is working in one such place -- Bhairab Upazila, located in the area where three rivers…

Receding water allows access to populations DHAKA, 18 August 2004 - Falling water levels after some of the worst floods in the history of Bangladesh have allowed better access to affected populations. After a two day visit to three areas,…