Rapports

A massive cyclone which hit Bangladesh in May 2009 is still having a devastating effect on the lives of many people in the country three years after the event, international humanitarian agency Oxfam said today. To coincide…

Contents In Focus The facts: children in urban slums Down the urban road – lessons from Brazil Malnutrition in urban slums on film My life in an urban slum In Focus Cash transfers In The Field Hazards of an urban slum Catching them young: Pre-primary ‘sibling’ schools Events State…

Launch Ceremony of Piloting Conditional Cash Transfers through Local Government For Human Development (“Shombhob”) in Narayanganj City Corporation Remarks by Ellen Goldstein Country Director, World Bank Bangladesh May 27, 2012 Honorable Advisor to the Prime Minister, Dr. Gowher Rizvi Honorable Mayor…

MAJOR CHANGES SINCE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE HIP A Rapid Food security Assessment conducted by WFP finalized on 17 April 2012 shows worrying Food Score Consumption that clearly indicates the risks of a serious food crisis during…

This report covers the period 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2011 In brief Programme outcome Effective and timely service delivery and support to vulnerable and people in need in Bangladesh through strengthened and enabled National Society in accordance…

Period covered by this Operation Update: 6 November 2011 to 15 March 2012 Appeal target (current): CHF 884,396 Appeal coverage: Based on the initial appeal of CHF 1,267,094, the appeal remained at 68 per cent of covered in…

By Brigitte Leoni BANGKOK, 2 April 2012 - A visit to a disaster-resilient habitat in Bangladesh has prompted UNISDR Chief Margareta Wahlström to acknowledge the south Asian country as leading developing nations in the global fight against…

The story of livelihoods destroyed by cyclone and floods in 2009 represents in microcosm the threat from climate change to low-lying Bangladesh Read the full article in the Guardian.

VIEWPOINT FROM A CONVERGENCE DISTRICT HOSPITAL During her first year at the Jamalpur* District Hospital, Doctor Fakhria Alam recalls a young woman in labour coming to the hospital. "She had tried to have the baby with the help…

Syed Zain Al-Mahmood in Dhaka Three years after it was decimated by cyclone Aila, Bainpara in south-west Bangladesh is being rebuilt with UK assistance On 25 May 2009, the village of Bainpara, in the district of Khulna on…