Super Cyclone Sidr (equivalent in intensity to a high-end Category 4 Hurricane) hit Bangladesh on 15 November 2007.
Intense wind and storm surges left behind a ravaged landscape along the coast of Bangladesh.
Bagerhat, Barisal, Barguna, Patuakhali, and Pirojpur were identified as the worst affected districts.
More than 3,000 people were killed and hundreds were missing from these districts.
The physical damage is even worse. Crops, fisheries, and livestock were either severely damaged or washed away by storm surges.
CARE Bangladesh intervened with emergency relief support in Bagerhat, Pirojpur, and Barguna Districts.
The program was implemented through two Response Site Office, Bagerhat and Barguna.
Initially the Bagerhat office covered Sharonkhola, Morelgonj, & Mathbaria upazilas and Barguna office covered Barguna sadar and Pathatghata upazilas.
After the first month’s operation CARE Bangladesh concentrated its response effort in 9 upazilas of Bagerhat and 2 upazilas of Barguna districts.
At the end of March 2008, CARE’s assistance reached nearly 130,000 families in Bagerhat (including Pirojpur) and nearly 80,000 families in Barguna districts with food and non-food items, safe drinking water, and medical support.
Latest Publications
Civil-military relations: No Room for Humanitarianism in comprehensive approaches
- Countries: Albania
- Co-authors: Stephen Cornish, Marit Glad
- Published: May 2008
Introduction of livelihoods diversification activities to boost household incomes of vulnerable communities in Northern Kenya
- Co-authors: RELPA ELMT
- Published: January 2008
Improving drought response in pastoral regions of Ethiopia Somali and Afar regions and Borena Zone in Oromiya Region
- Countries: Ethiopia
- Co-authors: Overseas Development Institute
- Published: January 2008
Aid and Civil-Military relations in Afghanistan
- Countries: Albania
- Co-authors: British Agencies Afghanistan Group (BAAG)
- Published: January 2008
Shifting Ground: implications Latin America 2000 - 2007
- Countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Nicaragua
- Co-authors: Helen Collinson, GNTP, Flavia Lessa de Barros, Peter Clarke, federico Negron and Mariano Valderrama.
- Published: October 2007
Learning about accountability from CARE Peru’s earthquake response
- Countries: Peru
- Published: August 2007
Peacebuilding: Consolidating the Peace
- Countries: Cambodia, Singapore
- Co-authors: Annie Street, Howard Mollett, Jennifer Smith
- Published: June 2007
