Nov 21, 2019 | Climate Change and Disaster Management
Young volunteer rescuers spring into action during climate disasters by Naushad Ali Husein Shahjadi Begum woke up at 1 a.m. to find the river roaring through her veranda. Before going to sleep, she had organized her things so that she could easily move out if she had...
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 31, 2019 | French Blog
Heatwave in the North, Floods in the South: What future for development? (English translation below) Chères amies, chers amis, Chaque année, à partir de la mi-juin, chez Friendship on se met à prier – chacun à sa manière – pour que dans les districts du Nord du...
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...
