Sep 28, 2019 | Climate Change and Disaster Management
Bangladesh, a low-lying, deltaic country criss-crossed by 300 rivers and streams is at the forefront of climate change. In the southern coastal belt, lies the village of Jhapa, in the sub-district of Shayamnagar, in the district of Sathkhira. If that sounds remote,...
Août 5, 2019 | Climate Change and Disaster Management
Floods in Bangladesh hit 5 million people A Woman leaves with a clutch of medicine from an emergency medical camp in Sundarganj, Gaibandha. PC: Jakariya Jasim Uddin has managed to get within a stone’s throw from his home by boat. But now the boat struggles, squeezed...
Août 5, 2019 | Climate Change and Disaster Management
Humanitarian services remain open despite catastrophic monsoon On what was previously just a hilly forest, The Kutupalong Expansion Sites which shelter some 600,000 of a million Rohingya people living in Bangladesh were built in a matter of weeks. Denuded two years...
Juil 29, 2019 | Climate Change and Disaster Management
In Bangladesh, heavy monsoon rainfall since 9 July 2019 has caused massive flooding and erosion, breached dams, snapped road and rail links, inundated crop fields and forced educational institutions to close. It has also led to a shortage of food and drinking water...
Juil 18, 2019 | Climate Change and Disaster Management
Donate for the flood victims: http://goto.gg/41225 A surge in flood waters in the second week of July has inundated 21 districts in Bangladesh, particularly in the north.The main challenge caused by floods usually has to do with time; either the flood lasts so long it...
