Disaster Response Bangladesh Project #41260

Mangrove Information, Education & Research Centre

by Bangladesh Environment and Development Society (BEDS)

Mangrove Information, Education & Research Centre

Project Report | Aug 18, 2020
Emergency Response to Cyclone Amphan ans COVID-19

By Saumitro Charkrabarti | Project Contributor

Distribution of mask among the coastal villagers

Bangladesh is a disaster vulnerable south Asian small country. Sundarbans coastal region of Bangladesh is the front line of global climate change. People of this region are ultra poor and they have to face natural disasters like cyclone, flood, drought, erratic rainfall, riverbank erosion etc. all over the year. So, it becomes quite difficult for them to recover from heavy loss caused by disaster. They usually remain helpless and wait for government or NGOs to come for their relief and rehabilitation support.

Since March 8, 2020, Bangladesh has been facing the bitterness of global pandemic COVID-19. So, Bangladesh Government has restricted outside movement of general people in order to reduce the spreading of this fatal virus. So, poor people became more vulnerable as they couldn’t go outside for earning. So, in some cases they have to remain starving with all their family members. In such a situation Super cyclone Amphan devastated the Sundarbans coastal region on May 20, 2020. Around 6000 people took shelter in BEDS Cyclone Shelter and Training Center and got immediate food support. Many low-lying areas were inundated, embankments collapsed, trees uprooted and houses damaged by this super cyclonic event in the coastal districts of Bangladesh. The loss was really huge and people were at a loss! These duel crisis led the coastal economy broken down.

In such a situation Bangladesh Environment and Development Society (BEDS) started trying to raise fund for the COVID-19 and Amphan affected community from GlobalGiving platform. A project was uploaded on GlobalGiving platform named Emergency Response to Cyclone AMPHAN and COVID-19. Target grant for this project is 65,000 $. So far 3,845 $ is raised from 51 donations. We hope that we would be able to draw the attention of the kind hearted donors so that our target can be achieved in the quickest time possible.

We have already provided masks among our target community and have been conducting awareness program regarding COVID-19 pandemic. We have distributed water jars and sheep among the target community. We also planted 5000 mangroves for embankment protection. Now we are monitoring our supported villagers’ activities. We are providing advices to the villagers where necessary.

We would like to show our gratitude to all our respected donors who have been supporting us. We hope that you will continuously be with us to support the coastal vulnerable community and provide them an opportunity to return to their normal life.

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May 26, 2020
Rehabilitation for coastal people in duel crisis

By Saumitro Chakrabarti | Project Contributor

Village got flooded by Cyclone Amphan

Bangladesh is a small south Asian disaster vulnerable country. There is at least one or more than one disaster occurs here in Bangladesh since last few years. Cyclone Amphan is such a devastating cyclone that destroyed the coastline of Bangladesh. This was the first ever super cyclone in 20th century in Bangladesh. Cyclone Amphan hit Sundarbans coastal region in the midst of global crisis called COVID 19. Due to Coronavirus, economy of Bangladesh has been broken, thousands of people have lost their jobs and hand to mouth people started living fasting or having very small quantity of food. In such a situation, super cyclone Amphan has broken coastal hope. In this duel crisis affected communities are at a loss. Cyclone ''Amphan'' passed the Bangladeshi coastline by the midnight on 20th May, 2020 with a wind speed of around 160 to 180kph rising to 200kph within 80km of its centre. Thousands hectors of fish and crops farms are inundated by the saline water due to damaged of the coastal embankments, agricultural field destroyed, trees uprooted and houses collapsed.

These Sundarbans coastal communities are key stakeholders in helping protect our natural environment and work closely with us to conserve our Sundarbans mangrove ecosystem in Bangladesh. If they are not safe, it will be impossible for us to conserve the nature and ecosystem. So, their rehabilitation is a must.

This is why Bangladesh Environment and Development Society (BEDS) is trying to raise fund for the affected Sundarbans coastal people of Bangladesh. Target of the project is 64,320 UDS and so far 680 have been raised from 9 respectable donations. We want to raise the entire target fund as soon as possible and support the affected community.

This is an absolute prayer to the donors to stay beside the Cyclone affected and COVID 19 vulnerable community and assist them to return to their general life.

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May 26, 2020
About the Cyclone Amphan and BEDS initiatives in Bangladesh

By Md. Maksudur Rahman | Project Leader

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