CARE responding to flood victims

CARE has started emergency flood response and aims to reach approximately 6,000 individuals in Sylhet.

Primarily the humanitarian organisation are providing support with water, sanitation and hygiene, dignity kits, cash, and shelter, said a press release.

Further efforts to collect additional funds are ongoing to support Sunamganj. The National Needs Assessment Working Group, of which CARE is co-chair, is coordinating to update the initial rapid assessment report to circulate with key donors soon.

NAWG is also working with Gender in Humanitarian Action working group led by UN Women to conduct Rapid Gender Assessment.

Expressing his concern over the situation, Ram Das, deputy country director – Program from CARE Bangladesh, said, "With the current resources, we can reach only few thousands out of millions affected. As the water starts receding, the real scale of the damage can be assessed. We have an urgent need to raise funds to rehabilitate the affected families."