The United Nations (UN) has allocated US$ 5.0 million to help the people severely hit by flooding caused by monsoon rains in July.
UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) allocation will provide assistance to 43,000 female-headed households in Jamalpur district in Mymensingh division and in Gaibandha and Kurigram districts in Rangpur division, according UN Information Centre in Dhaka.
Following a joint needs assessment undertaken in partnership with the government of Bangladesh, international and national NGOs, IFRC and UN Agencies, the humanitarian community developed a response and recovery plan to supplement the ongoing national response.
The plan seeks US$ 27 million to assist 736,000 people in Bandarban, Bogura, Gaibandha, Jamalpur, Kurigram, Sirajganj, Sunamganj, Sylhet and Tangail, reports UNB.
United Nations Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh Mia Seppo said as is often the case during natural disasters women and girls are the hardest hit.
Therefore, she said, the CERF-funded projects have a strong focus on women and girls and they are expected to strengthen their resilience through the rebuilding of livelihoods destroyed by the floods, she said.
The CERF funding is provided to six UN agencies: FAO, UNDP, UNFPA, Unicef, UN Women and WFP under the leadership of the UN Resident Coordinator.
The targeted female-headed households will benefit from emergency WASH interventions, health and protection interventions as well as food and livelihood assistance.
Those displaced will benefit from a complementary lifesaving intervention in the form of emergency shelter assistance in order to rebuild their houses.
The UN welcomed the contributions from partners to complement the government’s response and to facilitate a quick and smooth recovery process for all the persons affected before the next monsoon season.