Family Shelter Sector: Objective

• Poverty Reduction and help rebuild life and provide security especially to women and children;

• Vulnerability reduction to disaster risk;

• Promote indigenous knowledge as well as inject innovative ideas

Post Flood Scenario

• 155,142 houses washed away/ 2,045,484 partially damaged

• Most of the people back to their lands: built roof over their heads; living in make shift houses in many places; (houses washed away)

• Many families lost houses to river erosion and many houses washed away: need shelter (DER assessment to identify)

• Emphasis on existing practices in terms of design and house building materials (DER assessment)

• Indigenous flood proofing mechanisms to be promoted

Donor Response

• DFID: $3.7 million• Norwegian Govt: $200,000• Assistance mainly for the rural areas• NGOs to be the implementing partners: Starts by

beginning of October

Economic Recovery

Objective: Help rebuild local infrastructure, employment opportunity,

restore livelihood, reduce vulnerability reduction leading to poverty reduction, reduce environmental degradation.

Post flood Scenario:Lack of work opportunity: no crop in the field;

infrastructure broken down;

no food in Haor areas;

Need capital to restart the lost business;

Proposed Intervention

• Cash for Work Programme: Repair community facilities: Feeder roads, flood shelters, raise grounds of growth centres, re-excavate ponds; Each family x 45 to 60 days work:

• Small interest free or soft loans for income earning opportunity (e.g. small businesses)

Donor Response

DFID: $7.2 million,

Swedish Gov’t: $460,000

NGOs to Implement the programme