EU support for rehabilitation

Small farmers, fishermen, van pullers, small traders, homestead owners and landless labourers in cyclone Aila-affected areas in the country will be rehabilitated under a programme with support from the European Union (EU).
Brac will implement the programme in the next 18 months from today.
To this end, Brac and the EU signed a Tk 40 crore agreement on 'Restoring socio-economic stability and strengthening community resilience in areas affected by cyclone Aila' in the city yesterday, says a press release.
The EU support will help link the relief phase with the longer-term reconstruction and development of the affected areas in the south-western region of the country.
Dr Stefan Frowein, head of the EU Delegation to Bangladesh, and Dr Mahabub Hossain, executive director of Brac, signed the agreement.
The beneficiaries from the target group will be selected with emphasis on women-headed households, vulnerable children, disabled and elderly people with no income earning households members, ethnic minority and socially excluded groups.