Do you remember that 4,000 people were killed and millions left homeless?
Do you remember your astonishing support for our emergency appeal?
Do you remember Cyclone Sidr?
On that tragic afternoon...
Cyclone Sidr slammed the highly vulnerable low lying densely populated coastal areas of Bangladesh-Bagerhat, Barguna, Patuakhali and Patuakhali being the worst affected. Heavy rains and winds of up to 150 miles/hr sent a tidal surge through the regions sweeping up anything in its path. Wooden houses were wiped out and infrastructure and crops were completely destroyed. Few had time to come to terms with their loss as the next battle was for survival, millions were left without food, clean water and medical supplies.
Your extraordinary response...
Muslim Aid immediately allocated £215,000 for emergency aid and then launched a fundraising campaign to raise £3 million for ongoing relief and rehabilitation working in three of the four worst-affected areas (Bagerhat, Patuakhali and Pirojpur) . Your response was phenomenal and we were able to reach over half a million pounds in only two weeks. Not only did it show your commitment to the people of Bangladesh but it demonstrated your faith in Muslim Aid to deliver emergency relief to those who needed it most.
Our emergency relief operation involved 150 field staff and a network of more than 200 volunteers.
During its emergency operations Muslim Aid provided 236,000 families with drinking water (6 litres on an average per family) together with jerry cans and purification tablets, as well as distributing food to more than 30,000 families and non food items to 25,000. More than 35,000 patients received emergency health support and around 1,000 families received cash for work support.
One year on…..
Thanks to your fantastic support we have stayed in Bangladesh to implement long term development projects aimed at rebuilding houses and providing families with the opportunities to get back on their feet to earn a living.
Rehabilitation
Since the cyclone we have provided:
-1,000 permanent core shelter were provided (600 in Bagerhat and 400 in Patakhali) with commnunity support and Channel S fundraising support.
-800 transitional shelters were constructed and 2,000 families were provided with construction materials to repair their homes in Bagerhat, Patuakhali and Pirojpur with ECHO.
-semi permanent shelters were provided for 100 survivors.
-In partnership with UMCOR,5 schools in Bagerhat were repaired and provided with basic school supplies such as text books, school bags, school uniforms, pencils and notebooks for 2,000 students as well as tables, desks and black boards.
-Nine Mosques were repaired in Bagherhat and five in Patuakahli.
-Muslim Aid and ECHO provided 2,000 sanitary latrines and a number of tube wells.
Securing a future
Muslim Aid and ECHO have provided support to 100,000 families through agricultural and small businesses.
-In partnership with the UN food and Agriculture Organisation (UN-FAO), and the Bangladesh Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), rice seeds and other field crops and fertilizers were provided to around 60,000 farm families of the Bagerhat and Patuakhali districts.
-In partnership with ECHO, we provided 8,033 households of Sidr victims in Sharankhola,Nazirpur and Mirzagonj upazilas of Bagherat, Pirojpur and Pakuakhali districts with cash for work. The work involved filling earth for educational institutions and mosques, digging canals, repairing roads and dams.
- 400 Cows and 500 goats were distributed among needy families along with food aid for 6 months. Vegetable seeds and fertilizer was also distributed to 5,000 households.
If you would like to see a detailed account of our post cyclone sidr projects, click here...
Your generours donations have helped over half a million people.
However, one year on and many families are still without permanent shelter.
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ECHO The European Commission for Humanitarian Aid is one of the world's main humanitarian aid donors. We are currently working with ECHO on our rehabilitation and reconstruction projects in Bangladesh after cyclone Sidr.