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Bangladesh Floods 200 4

Bangladesh Floods 200 4. UN Inter-Agency Flash Appeal. Key Objectives. Immediate relief/recovery of the very poor to bolster their ability to survive the monsoon season Covers next six months Urgent needs identified in 8 sectors. Summary of requirements by sector. FOOD: Feed the Hungry.

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Bangladesh Floods 200 4

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  1. Bangladesh Floods2004 UN Inter-Agency Flash Appeal

  2. Key Objectives • Immediate relief/recovery of the very poor to bolster their ability to survive the monsoon season • Covers next six months • Urgent needs identified in 8 sectors < Bangladesh Floods 2004: UN Flash appeal >

  3. Summary of requirements by sector < Bangladesh Floods 2004: UN Flash appeal >

  4. FOOD:Feed the Hungry

  5. Food: Main Impact • 2 million acres of cropland inundated • Aman harvest under threat • 50 percent rural people depend on farm work < Bangladesh Floods 2004: UN Flash appeal >

  6. Food: Main Objectives • Bridge gaps in Government flood relief • Meet food and recovery needs expected during the peak “hungry” season (October-December 2004) • WFP’s EMOP will cover also subsequent six month up until August 2005 < Bangladesh Floods 2004: UN Flash appeal >

  7. Food: Target Groups • Relief assistance for 5 million worst affected • School children • Pregnant/nursing women and children aged 6-35 months < Bangladesh Floods 2004: UN Flash appeal >

  8. AGRICULTURE:A Time to Sow

  9. Agriculture: Main Impact • Huge losses of standing crops, livestock, fisheries, forestry enterprises and homestead production • Estimated output loss at US$ 500 million < Bangladesh Floods 2004: UN Flash appeal >

  10. Agriculture: Main Objectives • Support landless, sharecropper, and marginal farmers to restore normal production • Technical assistance to ensure quick recovery < Bangladesh Floods 2004: UN Flash appeal >

  11. Agriculture: Target Groups • 20 percent of total affected farm families through supply of the most essential agricultural inputs • Training of farmers to re-establish production systems < Bangladesh Floods 2004: UN Flash appeal >

  12. HEALTH & NUTRITION:Making a Full Recovery

  13. Health and Nutrition: Main Impact • Diarrhoeal and other waterborne diseases • Acute respiratory infections and pneumonia, skin, eye and ear infections • Malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies • Disruption of diagnostic, delivery and other health services due to destruction of equipment and facilities < Bangladesh Floods 2004: UN Flash appeal >

  14. Health and Nutrition: Main Objective • Prevention of deaths and prompt treatment of vulnerable people to stop further deterioration of their health • Promote recovery of health and nutritional status and health services to pre-disaster conditions < Bangladesh Floods 2004: UN Flash appeal >

  15. Health and Nutrition: Targets • Disease control by means of appropriate drugs, case management and health education • Maintain routine immunization services with emphasis on measles • Distribute nutritional supplements to pregnant and lactating women • Establish rapid health assessment teams for proper surveillance and monitoring • Repair of damaged health facilities with special emphasis on maintenance of reproductive health services < Bangladesh Floods 2004: UN Flash appeal >

  16. WATER & SANITATION:Safe Water for Healthy Lives

  17. Water and Sanitation: Main Impact • Water sources contaminated • Sanitation facilities inundated • Only 1,000 out of 5,000 shelters have latrines • Environmental contamination remains after flood waters have receded • General deterioration of the environment < Bangladesh Floods 2004: UN Flash appeal >

  18. Water and Sanitation: Main Objective • Provide safe drinking water and sanitation facilities to vulnerable populations affected by the flood < Bangladesh Floods 2004: UN Flash appeal >

  19. Water and Sanitation: Targets • Safe water supply for 30 million during flood • Restoration of safe water sources as the flood recedes • Temporary sanitation facilities in shelters • Restoration of community sanitation facilities < Bangladesh Floods 2004: UN Flash appeal >

  20. FAMILY SHELTER:Give us the tin and we’ll do the job

  21. Family Shelter: Main Impact • More than 4 million people displaced • 860,000 houses washed away • 3.2 million houses damaged < Bangladesh Floods 2004: UN Flash appeal >

  22. Family Shelter: Main Objectives • Assist those in urgent need of shelter • Contribute to economic recovery • Lay the foundation for longer term rehabilitation • Improve flood resistance of structures < Bangladesh Floods 2004: UN Flash appeal >

  23. Family Shelter: Targets • Repair of 150,000 houses • Rebuilding of 44,000 houses • Studies to find design solutions • Building materials, financial assistance, guidance, awareness on flood-safe designs • Training of masons/local contractors in new techniques < Bangladesh Floods 2004: UN Flash appeal >

  24. EDUCATION:Get the Kids Back to School

  25. Education: Main Impact • 23,187 schools damaged • 1,166 schools completely destroyed • 1,600 schools used as shelters • Educational activities disrupted < Bangladesh Floods 2004: UN Flash appeal >

  26. Education: Main Objective • Restoration of education access for 4 million children in flood affected areas < Bangladesh Floods 2004: UN Flash appeal >

  27. Education: Targets • Creation of temporary learning spaces and centers • Provision of educational materials • Minor repairs • Technical support to partner agencies < Bangladesh Floods 2004: UN Flash appeal >

  28. PROTECTION:Security for the Most Vulnerable

  29. Protection: Main Impact • Abuse and neglect of most vulnerable women and children • Increase in reported cases of violence and exploitation < Bangladesh Floods 2004: UN Flash appeal >

  30. Protection: Main Objectives • Awareness raising • Child-friendly spaces • Psycho-social support • Training of NGOs on protection issues during emergencies • Technical support and advice to NGOs and GoB • Programmes to monitor < Bangladesh Floods 2004: UN Flash appeal >

  31. ECONOMIC RECOVERY & INFRASTRUCTURE: Get on Track

  32. Economic recovery and infrastructure: Main Impact • Massive disruption to productive infrastructure and livelihoods • Cottage industry losses estimatedat US$ 11.26 million < Bangladesh Floods 2004: UN Flash appeal >

  33. Economic recovery and infrastructure: Main Objectives • Quick restoration of essential infrastructure for basic access and ‘kick-start’ of the local economy • Support to cottage industries through working capital • Work through NGO and Government partners < Bangladesh Floods 2004: UN Flash appeal >

  34. CONCLUSION

  35. UN Flash Appeal • Appears huge compared to Appeals launch for Floods in other parts of the world, but • It represents only a modest proportion of the estimated US$ 7 billion damage • Carefully targeted to meet survival needs of ultra-poor < Bangladesh Floods 2004: UN Flash appeal >

  36. UN Flash Appeal • US$ 210 million corresponds to US$ 1.50 for each Bangladeshi citizen • US$ 210 million corresponds to US$ 6.20 = Tk. 370 for each of the 33.7 million Bangladeshis directly affected by the flood < Bangladesh Floods 2004: UN Flash appeal >

  37. Summary of requirements by sector < Bangladesh Floods 2004: UN Flash appeal >

  38. Flow of Fund PEOPLE GOB UN NGO UN APPEAL DONORS

  39. Thank Youfor Your Attention

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