Informes

Canadian CARE aid worker in Bangladesh available for telephone interviews Bangladesh - CARE is appealing for $1.5 million to provide both immediate and long-term assistance to help the millions of people displaced from the worst monsoon rains in 15 years in…

Montreal, 5 August 2004 - The Canadian Catholic Organization for DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE (CCODP) is currently accepting donations from Canadians to help the population of Bangladesh, battling one of the worst monsoons of the last 15 years in terms…

AmeriCares is responding to the recent flooding in Bangladesh with an airlift of of critically needed medicines to treat respiratory diseases, diarrhea and dehydration. The airlift supplements aid sent this spring in anticipation of the seasonal flooding in the…

Dhaka (dpa) - Heavy flooding in Bangladesh has claimed 755 lives in the past three weeks and millions more are still homeless and stranded in towns and villages across the country, officials said Thursday. Unprecedented levels of Monsoon rain have hit…

OUT LOOK The flood situation all over the country is likely to improve further. RAINFALL Light to moderate rainfall at many places with heavy fall at one place over the country has been recorded during the last 24 hours ending at 9…

Some of the eastern states in India and Bangladesh have been inundated by early monsoon rains this year. These rains have swelled the Brahmaputra river which flows from the Himalayas through Assam, Bihar, and Bangladesh into the Bay of…

Appeal Target: US$ 544,854 Balance Requested from ACT Alliance: US$ 421,236 Geneva, 5 August 2004 Dear Colleagues, Bangladesh has been in the grip of floods for more than a month following heavy monsoon rains and an onrush of water from…

In many areas of Bangladesh, India and Nepal, the floods have caused more destruction than in many decades. In Bangladesh, 30 million people suffer from flood-related damage, six million people are in need of immediate emergency assistance and about…

Dhaka, Bangladesh, 4 August 2004: In the wake of the devastating floods in Bangladesh, Douglas Casson Coutts, acting UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative said here today that the stricken country will need at least a year to…

Press Contact: Kim Abbott, 202-667-8227 x115 NGO Contacts: James Bishop, Director of Humanitarian Response, 202-667-8227, x104 Gottlieb Duwan, Senior Program Associate, x105 Bangladesh and India are experiencing the worst monsoon flooding in many years. Though flooding is a seasonal problem, this year…