€4 million in EU-funded emergency assistance to the people of Bangladesh affected by the monsoon floods

The European Commission confirmed the provision of €4 million to ensure the continuation of emergency assistance to the people of Bangladesh affected by the monsoon floods and landslides which hit the south-eastern part of the country in June-July 2012. The aid is being delivered through cash transfer programmes.

The continuation of emergency assistance to the people of Bangladesh affected by the monsoon floods will be granted with €4 million allocated by the European Union. According to the Commission, the aid is reaching over 250,000 victims, with a particular emphasis on the most vulnerable, including women, children, the elderly, the disabled and the marginalised. In September 2011, EU humanitarian aid funding to the victims of the latest floods in Pakistan and in Bangladesh.

The funding will target the three South-eastern districts of Chittagong, Bandarban and Cox's Bazar, where people continue to benefit from food and nutritional assistance, restoration of hygiene and sanitation facilities, shelter repair and early livelihood recovery programmes. The aid is being delivered through cash transfer programmes. These are designed to help victims meet their basic humanitarian needs and kick-start their ability to support themselves, whilst simultaneously enabling the restoration of houses and productive community infrastructure.

The €4 million brings the European Commission's 2012 humanitarian contribution for Bangladesh to a total of €18.65 million. The delivery of aid funded by the European Commission department is being channelled through its humanitarian partners including UN agencies, the Red Cross/Red Crescent family and International Non-Government Organisations.