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Summary

On Thursday, November 15th, a terrible cyclone hit Bangladesh, impacting more than 20 of the country's 64 districts. Over 3 million people were affected & need your help to reestablish their lives. progress reportread updates from the field

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $795 was raised for this project.

Received $795 from 15 donations from people like:

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Bangladeshis are famed for managing to endure frequent floods and storms that hit the impoverished and low-lying country -- but this time the situation is desperate. Confirmations to date state that the storm has claimed approximately 3,500 lives, and The Red Crescent believes up to 10,000 people may have perished.

Activities

Contributions to this fund will be disbursed to organizations with active projects working with vulnerable communities in Bangladesh, including those supporting victims of the cyclone.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $795

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 $795.  The original project funding goal was $25,000.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Re-establishment of health and economic security for impacted and vulnerable families.

Project Message

"There is significant damage to the infrastructure. There will definitely have to be longer term assistance to get people on their feet again."
- Douglas Casson Coutts, World Food Programme

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Saima Zaman,
Program Officer
1816 12th St.
Washington, DC 20009
United States
202.232.5784
Email:

Project Sponsor

GlobalGiving

Organization

GlobalGiving
1816 12th St NW, 3rd floor
Washington, D.C. 20009
United States
202.232.5784
http://www.globalgiving.com

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Bangladesh and can also be found under Health.

For more information about Bangladesh, read the Human Development Report on Bangladesh or the Wikipedia entry for Bangladesh.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on March 26, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 20, 2007.

Latest Update from the Field

Update on Cyclone Fund

By Saima Zaman - Program Officer, March 26, 2008 05:57 PM

Dear donors,

Thank you for your generous support for the victims of Cyclone Sidr. The funds raised by this project were given to the project, Send Disaster Relief to Bangladesh Cyclone Victims, run by project partner IDEX.

Below is the text of their March 2008 update. You can also view the project at www.globalgiving.com/1904

Again thanks for your support!

March 2008 Update

Cyclone floodwaters submerged more than fifty percent of the country under water in 2007. The high amount of rain in Bangladesh caused sudden over flow of water across all rivers, and specifically, paddy lands. Transport among cities also stopped in many part of the country.

In addition, water submerged all residential areas, slums and roads around Chittagong and entered in to many parts of the city including OWDEB’s office, training room etc.

OWDEB evaluated the immediate needs of their group members and provided them with food staples such as, dry food, potatoes, rice, pulses, salt, and cooking oil.

IDEX received more details from our partners in Bangladesh. The situation in Bangladesh is still dire with many people needing urgent assistance.

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