Bangladesh flood victims remain in urgent need of assistance

The Red Cross and the League of New Zealand are actively expanding response to the recent floods in Bangladesh.

In some areas the water level is declining, but the demand for residents affected by the flood will never decrease. At least 225,000 refugees still live in temporary shelters and can not return to their homes

In response to the current humanitarian crisis, the League of Nations has been actively enhancing its appeal to emergency financing in Bangladesh, and now it costs 1 million Swiss francs (5.9 million dollars) to reach approximately 2 million in 8 periods / 4.3 million euros) is required. People provide support for several months

The first call to the Bangladesh by the United Nations began on July 3 and demanded 842,000 Swiss francs to help those who were affected by the more limited floods in June. A week later, this situation caused the flooding of the four major rivers and was severely exacerbated by heavy rains where more flooding occurred in the northeast and northeast of the country. Estimated 10 million people - mainly poor farmers - are affected in total

"In just two months, the number of damaged houses and destroyed houses has increased from 5,600 to over 917,000," said Selva Sinnadurai, National League delegation chief. The local food supply and the impact on people's lives, as well as many of the houses made of bamboo, hay and mud were destroyed and shed.

The Red Cross and the Red New Year 's evaluation team observed that a strong trend changed the landscape in a certain area and that a village like Petit Bally of the Shiragani changed due to river erosion and the loss of 600 houses.

The weather forecast predicts that there may be more heavy rain before the end of the monsoon season

In response to the deteriorating situation, the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society mobilized thousands of volunteers to distribute food, emergency measures and relief supplies to communities affected by the flood. Red Crescent volunteers distributed 3 million water tablets to control the spread of waterborne infectious diseases.

In addition to the fundamental relief supplies that are highly needed, the additional Appeal Fund revises the toilet system, including residential materials for 15,000 houses, safer building techniques, vegetable seeds and water recovery An appeal also is used to place 15 mobile medical teams in the disaster area.

Humanitarian response in Bangladesh continues to focus on responding to large-scale humanitarian needs and reducing the impact of seasonal monsoon rainfall. But adding additional pure humanitarian assistance and daily support to address mid-term challenges such as resilience, education, registration, and protection of the most vulnerable refugees including children, women, and people with special needs International support for urgent business is urgent. . Together with our partners, we will help develop a new place where the government can safely accommodate refugees. This includes financing for construction and refugee access, support for site planning, construction of toilets and wells, improvement of water and sanitation, and distribution of housing materials.

The energy sector in Bangladesh urgently needs investment. According to the CLSA survey report, the state of traffic in the country is "shocking" - Bangladesh paved 9.5% of the road network with floods and high maintenance costs. CLSA commented that it takes 24 hours by car from the capital Dhaka to Chittagong Port, but the distance between the two cities is only 240 kilometers. As a result, the possibility of export of Bangladesh is very inadequate: "Asian manufacturing export industries rely on processing of imported parts, and Bangladesh is not much involved in this production change "CLSA said.