Emergencies
Rabeya,15, and Razia, 16, Bangladesh. Rabeya,15, and Razia, 16, used to study at Save the Children's Gazirpara Poverty and Working Children (PWC) schoool in Koyra, Bangladesh. They used to work at a local shrimp hatchery and live in their own homes with their families. But after Aila hit, the hatcheries have been flooded, their homes and schools destroyed and they have been forced to live in a seed house with 5-6 other families. (Copyright: Shafiqul Alam Kiron/Save the Children, International Save the Children Alliance)

Bangladesh - Cyclone Aila

Cyclone Aila hit the south-western coast of Bangladesh and West Bengal in India on 25 May, affecting millions of people.

Save the Children is currently managing emergency operations out Emergency Control Centers in Bhola, Barisal, Khulna and Patuakhali districts.With ongoing programmes in the area, Save the Children conducted a Rapid Emergency Needs Assessment in 20 Union Councils in the first 24 hours after the cyclone hit and has a team of over 100 field-staff and volunteers on the ground.

Save the Children has established a new office in Khulna to manage emergency response activities in the division. Activities in Barisal division continue to be supported out of existing Save the Children and partner offices in Bhola, Barisal and Patuakhali districts.

Save the Children's response

Food and water: Save the Children has provided 6,000 families with essential items. Each kit contains water containers, a plastic sheet and rope for temporary shelter, a candle, a family-sized mosquito net, a blanket and hygiene items. 

Health: At 50 child-friendly spaces in Khulna, Save the Children is providing daily meals to 124 pregnant women and 314 breastfeeding mothers. The food provided is supplementing a portion of their nutritional needs. 

Child protection: Save the Children has established 87 child-friendly spaces (CFS) which are providing support and protection to over 4,500 children. Each space provides hot, nutritious meals; play and learning opportunities; drinking water and sanitation facilities; and access to medical care. The spaces also function as an effective protection mechanism, helping to safeguard the well-being of children from the most vulnerable, cyclone-affected families. 

From the field


Mursheda, Bangladesh. Mursheda, three, has survived the onslaught of Aila and the flood, but the saline water is has caused a skin rash that she cannot even get treated because her village, Nalia, Dacope, is cut off from the mainland, Bangladesh. (Copyright: Shafiqul Alam Kiron/Save the Children, )


Mursheda, three, has survived the onslaught of Aila and the flood, but the saline water is has caused a skin rash that she cannot even get treated because her village, Nalia, Dacope, is cut off from the mainland, Bangladesh.

 

 

 

Sonali, Bangladesh. 9-month old Sonali waits for her parents to return with food in a hut on the river embankment, Koyra, Bangladesh. The floods caused by Aila damaged her home and her family is now been forced to live in makeshift houses on the near-collapse embankment over River Kopotakkho. (Copyright: Shafiqul Alam Kiron/Save the Children, International Save the Children Alliance)
9-month old Sonali waits for her parents to return with food in a hut on the river embankment, Koyra, Bangladesh. The floods caused by Aila damaged her home and her family is now been forced to live in makeshift houses on the near-collapse embankment over River Kopotakkho.

 

 

 

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