Bangladesh Flood Response 2019
Situation Update, as of 24 July 2019
Humanitarian Overview
5.3 million people affected
2 million+ are children
60 dead
0.287 million people displaced
10,000 family shelter damaged
100,900+ Hectares of crops damaged
World Vision Bangladesh Flood - Affected Response Areas
Grants
Project Name
Bangladesh Initiative to Enhance Nutrition
Security and Governance (BIeNGS)
Nutrition Sensitive Value Chains for
Smallholder Farmers
SHOMOTA-Strengthening Gender Equality
and Social Inclusion in WASH in Bangladesh
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World Vision Bangladesh Response
WVB is closely coordinating with the Department of
Disaster Management (DDM), Government of
Bangladesh (GoB), “National Alliance for
Humanitarian Actors, Bangladesh (NAHAB)”, Needs
Assessment Working Group-Bangladesh, Food
Security Cluster, WASH cluster, Health Cluster, Start
Fund Bangladesh, INGO Emergency Subcommittee,
and some local and national NGOs working in the
flood prone areas. World Vision also actively
participates in humanitarian clusters mobilized in
affected areas.
WVB has 130 trained staff as part of the National
Disaster Management team, ready to be deployed in
the field and roll out emergency response
implementation when required.
World Vision Bangladesh has been awarded
USD152,125 by Start Fund, UK Aid and a 45-day
response plan has been rolled out in Bandarban.
The local level Government has welcomed World
Vision’s support and programming there. A 20
member assessment team has already been
deployed to conduct house hold assessment in
Bandarban Sadar and Lama to select project
beneficiary.
Priority Sectors
Jamalpur
Dharmapasha
Sponsorship Based on the assessments and continuing situation,
WV Canada World Vision Bangladesh looks into assisting 20,000
WV USA Households (HHs). focusing on the following sectors:
WV Germany Food, WASH, Protection and Livelihood. A funding
WV Japan of at least USD $ 1 million will be needed to
WV New Zealend effectively implement a three-month response.
WV Netherlands
WV Italy Response Plans
Number of WV is currently present in 3 districts (Bandarban,
Population Displaced Jamalpur & Gaibandha) via sponsorship and grant
icon 0-1243 project work; and have started floods prepositioning
EU
1244-2100 internally and externally since early July.
2101-14188
DFAT, The initial response targets 20,000 households for 3
14189-23120
Australia
months. World Vision Bangladesh is also closely
DFAT, 23121-42840
Australia monitoring the situation and will scale up the the
42841-74104 flood response, depending on how the flood
situation unfolds in the coming monsoon season.
Source: WVB APS, Local partner, I/NGO situation Update, Media report,
Government information and Bangladesh Flood Forecasting Centre. Need
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/WVBANGLADESH Assessment Working group Situation report, NDRCC report