Rapports

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…

Silver Spring, Maryland - Seasonal floods, triggered by monsoon rains, have severely impacted much of Bangladesh and forced more than 25 million people to evacuate their homes. In response to this natural disaster, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency…

1. Highlights of current flood situation The flood situation all over the country is improving including Dhaka and central part of the nation. According to the latest government bulletin1 released today, 38 districts out of the 64 districts…

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…