Rapports

HIGHLIGHTS Retail price of food: The national average retail price of rice decreased after Boro harvest started in mid-April and that of wholemeal wheat flour (atta) also decreased slightly during the reporting quarter. The price of lentils…

DHAKA – More than 35,000 flood-affected people in southeastern Bangladesh are to receive financial assistance so they can replenish food and other necessities lost when the region was hit by cyclonic storm Komen earlier this month. Flood…

This Emergency Appeal seeks CHF 856,924 to enable the IFRC to support the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) to deliver humanitarian assistance to a total of 32,500 people (6,500 families) affected by cyclone Komen with a…

0 . MAJOR CHANGES SINCE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE HIP Sixth Modification Heavy floods and landslides, as a result of pre monsoon heavy rains occurred during the last week of June in the districts of Chittagong, Bandarban and…

DHAKA – More than 21,000 women in Bangladesh are to receive a one-time cash grant of 15,000 taka (US$190) to start small businesses, along with food and training in nutrition and business skills. The cash will be…

DHAKA, August 13, 2015 —The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) presented the achievements and lessons learned from the most recent phase of its Food for Peace (FFP) program at an event widely attended by prominent…

Executive Summary Despite impressive reductions in maternal and child mortality in Bangladesh the prevalence of child and maternal undernutrition has remained persistently high. In the past 20 years there has been a gradual drop in chronic malnutrition,…

A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster The monsoon depression over the northeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining Bangladesh coast intensified into a cyclonic storm named ‘Komen’ on Wednesday, 29 July 2015, threatening to cause further downpours in…

(Extract) COMMUNITY BASED DISASTER RISK REDUCTION (CBDRR) PROGRAMME The CBDRR Programme supported Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP) with early warning equipments. The key objective was to strengthen the capacity of the CPP Units to disseminate early warning messages in…

International response to flooding in the south-eastern districts of Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong and Bandarban, Bangladesh, is gaining momentum with WFP distributing emergency food to 165 000 people. The IFRC has made a DREF (Disaster Relief Emergency…