Young volunteer rescuers spring into action during climate disasters by Naushad Ali Husein Shahjadi Begum woke up at 1 a.m. to find the river roaring through her veranda. Before going to sleep, she had organized her things so that she could easily move out if she had...
Floods in Bangladesh
Nature Spares No One
Floods in Bangladesh hit 5 million people A Woman leaves with a clutch of medicine from an emergency medical camp in Sundarganj, Gaibandha. PC: Jakariya Jasim Uddin has managed to get within a stone’s throw from his home by boat. But now the boat struggles, squeezed...
No raincheck at Rohingya camp
Humanitarian services remain open despite catastrophic monsoon On what was previously just a hilly forest, The Kutupalong Expansion Sites which shelter some 600,000 of a million Rohingya people living in Bangladesh were built in a matter of weeks. Denuded two years...
Canicule au Nord, Inondations au Sud: Quel avenir pour le développement?
Heatwave in the North, Floods in the South: What future for development? (English translation below) Chères amies, chers amis, Chaque année, à partir de la mi-juin, chez Friendship on se met à prier – chacun à sa manière - pour que dans les districts du Nord du...
Floods in Bangladesh and Friendship’s Response
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HVwI_8gVlw In Bangladesh, heavy monsoon rainfall since 9 July 2019 has caused massive flooding and erosion, breached dams, snapped road and rail links, inundated crop fields and forced educational institutions to close. It has also led...
Floods Hit 2 Million People in Bangladesh – Emergency Support Needed
Donate for the flood victims: http://goto.gg/41225 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxU09RmvJZ0 A surge in flood waters in the second week of July has inundated 21 districts in Bangladesh, particularly in the north.The main challenge caused by floods usually has to do...