South-Asia Flood Relief - Urgent Need
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Summary
Monsoon rains have caused a humanitarian crisis affecting 28 million people in India, Bangladesh and Nepal. People need food and potable water to survive the worst of the inundation and rebuild.
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How Donors Like You Helped
Thanks to donors like you, a total of $75 was raised for this project.
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
IDEX is working with our local partners in South Asia to provide emergency relief. In Bangladesh our partner SATU has reported at least 135 people have died, over 10 million are affected. Hospitals, roads, houses have all been washed away. In Bihar, India our partner Manavi reports that the Ganges has washed out crops and people are taking shelter on railway lines. Families in this region survive on their crops and farm animals. With these gone they are fast running out of food, clean water.
Activities
IDEX will use the funds to buy rice, pulses (beans and peas) and water purification tablets to provide emergency food, salt, saline and clean water to 6000 families (30,000 people). Each person will receive two meals per day for five days.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $75
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding.
Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as
indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the
"Progress Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $75. The original project funding goal was $16,500.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
6000 families will have their immediate food and water needs met, providing greater immunity from disease that occurs in humanitarian crises and sustaining them while they evaluate and assess how to rebuild their lives.
Project Message
We appreciate your efforts at raising funds on behalf of the flood-affected people. We thank and pay our gratitude to the people who are contributing to this fund and sharing the sorrows.”
- Mirza Shahadat Hossain, Executive Director, SATU
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on October 11, 2007.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 08, 2007.
Latest Update from the Field
October 2007 Update
By Katherine Zavala - Programs Coordinator, October 11, 2007 08:20 PM
A total of 36 districts in Bangladesh have been inundated by floods. By August 2007. The flood has caused damages to crops of around 600,000 acres of land, wiped out thousands of miles of roads, washed away vast swathes of river embankments, and caused critical damage to nearly 2000 schools.
People affected by the flood have lost their houses, cattle and crops in their fields. Houses, latrines, and chicken coups have also been washed away. The flood victims have been sheltered on the nearest river embankments, roads, schools and government institutions and some have migrated. They have no work, no income and are using what little money they have to buy food.
SATU has launched relief activities in Tangail and Sirajganj Districts. Among the 12 zones in Tangail District, the flood inundated 1,520 villages, and the Sirajganj district was completely flooded, affecting 3 million people. In these two districts, SATU had 26 branches operating who were able to organize short-term relief for local families.
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