Rapports

Ref. OCHA/GVA - 2003/0031 OCHA Situation Report No. 4 Bangladesh - Cold Wave First Situation Report issued on 09 January 2003 The following information was provided by the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), WFP in Bangladesh,…

Extracted from UMCOR Hotline 31 Jan 2003 The death toll from severely cold weather continues to rise across South Asia, where winters are short and mild and millions of poor people live in flimsy unheated shelters. Since mid-December, Bangladesh, Northern India…

Geneva, 31 January 2003 - As the death toll from a month-long cold spell continues to rise across South Asia, Action by Churches Together (ACT) International members are distributing blankets, wrappers and warm children's clothing to the most vulnerable in…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2003/0019 OCHA Situation Report No. 3 Bangladesh - Cold Wave 24 January 2003 The following information was provided by the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the Bangladesh Meteorological Department,Oxfam GB Bangladesh, World Vision Bangladesh,…

by Bijoy Patro and Pooja Saxena in Delhi and Indira Kulenovic in Dhaka The coldest winter in South Asia for decades has claimed the lives of more than 1,600 people, most of them poor and homeless, in India, Bangladesh and…

LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - The death toll from South Asia's coldest winter in decades climbed to 1,500 overnight, with no respite from near-freezing temperatures forecast for the next few days in the worst-hit areas. The cold weather gripping northern India, Bangladesh…

Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) Allocated: CHF 50,000 This Information Bulletin is being issued in support of needs described below. A DREF allocation of CHF 50,000 has been made by the Federation to facilitate action and donors are strongly urged to…

Earlier today, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Bangladesh signed an agreement to launch a USD 14.444 million initiative, aimed at substantially reducing the impact of natural and man-made disasters on the people of Bangladesh over…

NEW DELHI, Jan 21 (Reuters) - South Asia's worst winter in decades claimed 43 more lives overnight, taking the death toll to 1,443 as the region's homeless fight to survive near-freezing temperatures. The cold spell in northern India, Nepal and Bangladesh…

A cold snap that has gripped South Asia for one month has been blamed for more than 1,000 deaths in Bangladesh, India and Nepal. As bitter northern winds continue to whip across the three countries, relief workers are racing…