Reducing Disaster Risk of the Vulnerable People

The coastal regions of Satkhira in Bangladesh are particularly susceptible to severe natural calamities, such as cyclones and storm surges. These incidents cause significant damage to houses, services, infrastructure, and human life. Cyclone shelters provide vulnerable populations with temporary safety or a place to stay during a disaster as a means of addressing these calamities. However, problems with insufficient electricity, water, sanitary conditions, and communication infrastructure often limit the usefulness of these shelters.

The purpose of installing solar stations that can supply dependable and renewable energy for lighting, ventilation, water pumping, and communication is to increase the sustainability and resilience of the current cyclone shelters in the Shyamnagar region.

The absence of electricity in the shelters affects their capacity to provide comfort and safety during emergencies. People could find it difficult to access or enter the shelters, for example, if there is no lighting; if there is no ventilation, the shelters may become hot and stuffy; if there is no water pumping, the shelters may run out of water or become contaminated; and if there is no communication, the shelters may be isolated from outside assistance and knowledge. For this to strengthen and resilience we start the initial measurement of the existing cyclone center. 

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 The southern part of Bangladesh specially the coastal part is much more vulnerable to severe tropical cyclone and storm surges. People loss their life and resources due to lack of disaster preparedness before during and after the disaster. Specially the children are the most vulnerable community who suffers a lot due to the lack of basic knowledge on disaster preparedness. BEDS has been working in the disaster risk reduction of the southern coastal people of Bangladesh. As a part of the aware ness raising program BEDS recently conducted a discussion session with coastal children with age group of 13-15. In the discussion session the students got to know about the importance of disaster preparedness and how they can do volunteer support from their side. The students group also shared their idea on before, during and after disaster preparedness among themselves. After the discussion session a short mock drill was practiced by them .

We are requesting all our donors to start monthly recurring donations. Please click the following link; https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/climate-change-disaster-risk-reduction-bangladesh?show=recurring