Emergency response to the cyclone in Bangladesh
At the end of May, Cyclone Remal hit the southern coast of Bangladesh. It left behind devastated villages and destroyed crops. Erikshjälpen is now conducting an emergency operation where we help families with children to recover from the cyclone. This includes repairing damaged houses, buying new livestock and supporting small family-owned Corporate. All so that life can get back to normal again.
Cyclone Remal hit southern Bangladesh hard with wind speeds of 135 kilometers per hour. Around 4.6 million people were affected and over 40,000 houses were destroyed. The cyclone hit the regions of Rampal and Mongla the hardest, where Erikshjälpen together with our partner organization CODEC (Community Development Center) has long been working with various interventions to create resilience and facilitate children and their families.
Almost all of the more than 1700 families that Erikshjälpen supports in its projects are fully or partially affected by cyclone Remal. Among these, about 300 families are so severely affected that they need immediate support to survive. In Bagerhat and Patuakhali districts, the floods have caused particularly severe damage to families' homes and primary sources of income such as farming and fishing.
Starting July 1, Erikshjälpen will therefore implement a humanitarian operation in the area, carried out by CODEC in collaboration with the local community. The intervention includes:
- Repair and reconstruction of housing
- Support for fisheries and agriculture
- Support for small businesses.
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Our long-term interventions
Erikshjälpen works long-term in Bangladesh to ensure that children have access to health, education, safety and protection. In communities that are constantly threatened by floods, residents are equipped with disaster preparedness and improve their living conditions for better resilience in terms of, for example, recurring cyclones.
Published: 24 June 2024
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