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Photo taken during our response to Cyclone Remal. Image by Uttaran.
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Photo taken during our response to Cyclone Remal. Image by Uttaran.
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What is happening in Bangladesh?
Heavy rainfall has caused severe flooding across eastern Bangladesh.
More than 5.8 million people have been affected, with more than 500,000 people forced to flee their homes.
The floods are some of the worst to hit the area in three decades. People’s homes, belongings and livelihoods have been washed away.
People who have returned home are living in damaged buildings or inadequate makeshift shelters.
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How is ShelterBox responding?
ShelterBox is working with our local partner, Uttaran, to support people as they begin to recover and rebuild after the floods.
Houses in this part of Bangladesh are built on mud plinths to raise them above the level of floodwaters. We are supporting people to reinforce these plinths by building a brick wall around the perimeter of their homes to act as a barrier to future flood water.
For homes that have been severely damaged, we are supporting people to rebuild solid structures on top of the plinths using bamboo and corrugated iron sheeting.
We are also supporting people with a small amount of cash. This means people buy items to help them reconstruct their shelters, such as bamboo and wood, as well as other essentials to meet their basic needs.
Photo taken during our response to Cyclone Remal. Image by Uttaran.
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Has ShelterBox responded in Bangladesh before?
ShelterBox has supported people in Bangladesh after Cyclone Remal earlier this year, as well as flooding in 2017 and 2019. In 2007 we responded to Cyclone Sidr.
We also responded to the Rohingya crisis in 2017 with International Organization for Migration (IOM). Around 688,000 Rohingya refugees fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar in 2017 to escape violence and persecution.
As extreme weather gets worse, disasters like the flooding are becoming more common in places like Bangladesh. The need for emergency shelter is greater than ever.
