Project Report
| Jul 29, 2021
Stand with the disaster vulnerable community
By Md. Shanewas Hossain | Project Contributor
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VCDM members are taking people to shelter
The Sundarbans is situated in a region prone to a high incidence of natural calamities. Over the past two centuries the coastal areas and offshore islands of Bangladesh, which the majority of the Sundarbans belongs to, have been affected by 35 severe cyclones and storm surges. Increasing the likelihood of flooding events, the Sundarbans region become more vulnerable.
Recent atmospheric depressions caused high rainfall, which submerged the roads and home of the local people. Water level is rising very quickly. People have no other way than moving to a shelter. BEDS along with Village Disaster Management Committee (VDMC) are working together in this miserable time. They are going to each people’s house and taking them to Cyclone Shelter and Training Center. They are taking extra care for children and old people. Together we can minimize the disaster loss and misery.
We are extremely grateful to our donors for their continuous support. We would like to request all our donors to start monthly recurring donations for our project. 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
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People are staying at cyclone shelter
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Jul 15, 2021
Hand holding disaster vulnerable community
By Md. Shanewas Hossain | Project Contributor
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Disaster awareness and planning of coastal people
Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries of disaster and Sundarbans coastal region is the front-line areas that face the catastrophic cyclone first. In Bangladesh May to August is the most vulnerable period for natural disasters. Most of the highly damaged disasters in Bangladesh history occurred in this period. Recently a super cyclone named YASH attacked the Sundarbans coastal region and did massive destruction.
BEDS together with Village Disaster Management Committee (VDMC) work together to mitigate the disaster loss of the local community. BEDS regularly training the coastal people about pre-during and post-disaster preparedness. BEDS regularly provides training and suggestions to the local climatic vulnerable people on climate adaptive housing.
We are extremely grateful to our donors for their continuous support. We would like to request all our donors to start monthly recurring donations for our project. 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
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Jul 8, 2021
Capacity Development to Counteract Disasters
By Md. Shanewas Hossain | Project Contributor
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Training on disaster preparedness
Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change, as well as one of the most disaster-prone countries. This is said that “A person living in the region is 4 times riskier than those in Africa and 25 times than in Europe or North America”. The Sundarbans (the world’s single largest mangrove forest and UNESCO World Heritage Site) is situated in a region prone to a high incidence of cyclonic storms. Over the past two centuries the coastal areas and offshore islands of Bangladesh, to which the majority of the Sundarbans belong, have been affected by more than 35 severe cyclones and storm surges.
In response to climate change and frequent catastrophic events BEDS together with Village Disaster Management Committee (VDMC) members are working to strengthen the capacity of local coastal villagers who are more susceptible to damage due to cyclones. They are teaching them pre-during and post-disaster preparedness so that the villagers can mitigate the loss due to natural disasters. We are extremely grateful to our donors for their continuous support.
We would like to request all our donors to start monthly recurring donations for our project. 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
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