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Canada to give aid to flood victims  

| Updated: October 06, 2017 06:49:08


Canada to give aid to flood victims   

Canada is providing C$262,500 or $210,000 through the Canadian Humanitarian Assistance Fund to assist Plan International for providing immediate assistance to over 10,000 flood victims for four months.

 

This support will focus on the delivery of an essential package of interventions for vulnerable flood-affected households, the Canadian High Commission in Dhaka said.

 

Previous to this, in response to Cyclone Mora, Canada provided a total of C$45,000 through the Emergency Disaster Assistance Fund in support of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society’s emergency appeal.

 

These funds were used to provide immediate assistance to people affected by Cyclone Mora for two months.

 

The operation focused on the provision of emergency food, shelter toolkits, safe drinking water and water storage items, basic non-food items, sanitation and hygiene assistance.

 

Canada also provided C$150,000 in humanitarian assistance in support of the International Organisation for Migration ( IOM), to provide life-saving assistance to those most affected by Cyclone Mora in Bangladesh.

 

This was in response to the Inter-Sector Coordination Group Emergency Response plan and an IFRC appeal for funding. IOM used these funds to provide assistance on shelter and water, sanitation and hygiene.

Source: bdnews24.com

 

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