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Appeal Bangladesh Emergency Flood Relief 150 route de Ferney, P.O. Box 2100 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland Tel: 41 22 791 6033 Fax: 41 22 791 6506 Appeal e-mail: [email protected] Coordinating Office Bangladesh Emergency Flood Relief – ASBD02 Appeal Target: US$ 844,272 Geneva, 18 October 2000 Dear Colleagues, Following heavy rain and an onrush of water across the border with India, Bangladesh is again in the grip of severe floods. This has resulted in a rise of water levels in the rivers, inundating vast areas. A total of 41 sub-districts in 9 districts in the north western and western part of the country are now in the grip of floods. The affected districts and the adjoining areas are not usual flood prone zones, but the damage caused is severe. About 90% of the mud houses have been destroyed and thousands of people have been forced to move to safer places. At present the affected people need food, shelter, clothing and medical assistance. After the crisis phase people will need housing and agriculture assistance, income generating projects and winter clothing. ACT members Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB), KOINONIA, Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Service (RDRS), Social Health & Education Development Board (SHED) and Church of Bangladesh Social Development Programmes (CBSDP) are proposing programmes with the following components: CCDB CBSDP KOIN- SHED RDRS ONIA Food Distribution Ö Ö Ö Ö Clothing & blankets Ö Ö Ö Ö Shelter Ö Ö Infrastructure – repair of roads, etc. Ö Agriculture/Food-security –seeds Ö Ö Ö Heath care Ö Education – repairs/reconstruction schools Ö Ö Environment – tree planting Ö Job creation – cash for labour Ö Ö Ö Ö ACT is a worldwide network of churches and related agencies meeting human need through coordinated emergency response. The ACT Coordinating Office is based with the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in Switzerland. Bangladesh – Emergency Flood Relief 2 ASBD-02 Project Completion Date: 30 April 2001 Summary of Appeal Targets, Pledges/Contributions Received and Balance Requested CCDB KOINONIA CBSDP SHED RDRS Total Target US$ Total Appeal Targets 395,482 102,338 165,481 31,248 149,723 844,272 Less: Pledges Contr. Recd. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Balance Requested from ACT 395,482 102,338 165,481 31,248 149,723 844,272 Network Please kindly send your contributions to the following ACT bank account: Account Number - 102539/0.01.061 (USD) Account Name: ACT - Action by Churches Together Banque Edouard Constant Cours de Rive 11 Case postale 3754 1211 Genève 3 SWITZERLAND Please also inform the Finance Officer Jessie Kgoroeadira (direct tel. +4122/791.60.38, e-mail address [email protected]) of all pledges/contributions and transfers, including funds sent direct to the implementers, now that the Pledge Form is no longer attached to the Appeal. We would appreciate being informed of any intent to submit applications for EU, USAID and/or other back donor funding and the subsequent results. We thank you in advance for your kind cooperation. For further information please contact: ACT Co-ordinator, Thor-Arne Prois (phone ++41 22 791 6033 or mobile phone ++ 41 79 203 6055) or ACT Appeals Officer, Neville Pradhan (phone +41 22 791 6035 or mobile phone ++41 79 285 29 16) ACT Web Site address: http://www.act-intl.org Ms. Geneviève Jacques Thor-Arne Prois Rev. Rudolf Hinz Director ACT Coordinator Director WCC/Cluster on Relations LWF/World Service Bangladesh – Emergency Flood Relief 3 ASBD-02 BACKGROUND DESCRIPTION Background Bangladesh is again in the grip of floods, following heavy rain and an onrush of water across the border from India. This has resulted in a rise of water levels in the rivers and consequently inundating vast areas. A total of 41 sub-districts in 9 districts in the north western and western part of the country are now in the grip of devastating floods. The cause of the floods is due to heavy rains (650 mm in Hoogly and Bhagirati rivers for two days running) and the on-rush of water from across the Bangladesh border from India. Bangladesh and India share 54 main rivers and, man-made obstructions both at the upper catchments and inside Bangladesh have further complicated the problems. The over-all flood situation in the south-western districts further worsened (2 October 2000) as new areas were being submerged not only by on-rushing water from upland (India), but also due to back pressure of sea water as the Bay of Bengal swelled due to the low depression that crossed the Barisal and Noakhali coasts. The floods first hit the 9 mentioned districts of the country around 20 September 2000 and the situation continues to be serious. Current situation The affected districts and the adjoining areas are not usual flood prone zones and the unexpected inundations have caused extensive damage to houses and crops as well as forcing thousands of people to shift to safer places. At present the affected people are in desperate need food, potable water, shelter, clothing and medical assistance. After the crisis phase people will need housing and agriculture assistance, income generating projects and winter clothing. As the flood waters engulfed new areas, thousands of people started taking refuge in trees or on roof- tops of thatched houses, awaiting evacuation. The government started evacuation of the marooned victims by helicopter (4 October 2000) and naval craft. Impact on Human life More than 30 people have died and several hundred people have been injured with the figures increasing day by day. More than 2.7 million people have been affected with thousands of people rendered homeless. Description of Damages The floods have caused deaths of both people and domestic animals. Extensive damage has been caused to standing crops, houses, educational institutions, roads and embankments. Staff from ACT members in the field report that about 90% of the mud houses have been destroyed and the agricultural sector is in a dire situation with much of the main rain-fed rice crop-Aman paddy already lost. The majority of the victims are sharecroppers and agricultural labourers and they have now virtually become jobless. Bangladesh – Emergency Flood Relief 4 ASBD-02 CHRISTIAN COMMISSION FOR DEVELOPMENT IN BANGLADESH (CCDB) I. REQUESTING ACT MEMBER INFORMATION ¨ Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB) II. IMPLEMENTING ACT MEMBER & PARTNER INFORMATION The origin of the Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB) can be traced back to the launching of the Bangladesh Ecumenical Relief and Rehabilitation Services (BERRS) in 1972. The World Council of Churches (WCC), Geneva, launched BERRS to address the relief and rehabilitation needs of the people. The experiences of relief and rehabilitation work of BERRS led to the realisation that there was a need for long-term development programs so that the effect of short term relief measures could be sustained. The increasing poverty and misery of the people in a newly born nation necessitated long-term development activities. Out of this realisation emerged CCDB as a development organisation in early 1973 as a successor of BERRS. Subsequently, it went through a number of developmental phases wherein emerging issues were critically examined in search of better alternatives to meeting the needs of the poor. Accordingly, the organisation was initially involved in relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction work till mid- 1974. Later on programs were designed to promote community development also with a focus on human resources development for achieving collective growth, distributive justice and self reliance. CCDB as a national organisation has, over the years, amassed substantial experience in disaster preparedness and in rapid and appropriate responses to the various kinds of natural disasters experienced in Bangladesh. CCDB co-ordinates a disaster preparedness network of 46 organisations operating in different disaster prone pockets of the country. III. GOAL & OBJECTIVES The main goal is to alleviate the suffering of the most vulnerable, flood affected families by providing life sustaining necessities. The over riding objective is: ¨ To provide emergency assistance in the form of food, clothing, blankets, shelter, seeds, , job creation and medical assistance to 20,000 beneficiaries. IV. BENEFICIARY INFORMATION The major aim of the programme is provision of emergency assistance to the most vulnerable, flood affected families. The intended target group is severely affected people: the very poor, the destitute, women and widows who are not able to recover the loss of whatever little they possessed. A total of 12,000 flood- affected families are expected to be supported through the program. The reference people will be identified through informal discussion and rapid survey. Bangladesh – Emergency Flood Relief 5 ASBD-02 Criteria for Beneficiary selection. Beneficiaries will be from among the poorest of the poor, who have been affected by the recent flood and will include: ¨ Landless, marginal farmers and day labours. ¨ Those who have less than 1 acre of land ¨ Women, widows, children, aged people and the disabled will receive special attention. Number of targeted beneficiaries according to proposed activities Sl. No. Proposed Assistance # of Beneficiaries 1. Emergency Food Relief 5,000 families 2. Clothing Women’s wear, 1500 5,000 families Men’s wear, 1000 Children’s wear 2500 3. Temporary shelter 400 families 4. Housing Assistance 2,200 families 5. Blankets 2,500 families 6. Medical support 1,750 families 7. Job creation 4,000 person 8. Agriculture assistance (vegetable seeds) 12,000 families Locations For Proposed Response ACT-CCDB proposes to undertake emergency relief and rehabilitation programs in the severely affected areas of Rajshahi, Chapai Nawabgonj, Jhenaidah and Jessore districts where CCDB has its ongoing programs. V. PROPOSED EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE & IMPLEMENTATION Implementation Description Per Activity Food Assistance: assistance component is looked upon as a basic need of the flood victims who left their houses and took shelter in different places.
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