The European Commission will give an additional €1 million for food and livelihood support for around 49,000 vulnerable households in Bangladesh, while this country recovers from the flood impact in the worst affected areas of the north-western region of the country.

The European Commission announced the allocation of an additional €1 million for food and livelihood support for around 49,000 vulnerable households in Bangladesh. This country is recovering from the flood impact in the worst affected areas of the north-western region of the country. The European Commission has already committed more than €22 million for humanitarian assistance in Bangladesh for 2012. In October 2012, €4 million in EU-funded emergency assistance to the people of Bangladesh affected by the monsoon floods was allocated by the Commission.

More particularly, the new funding will help the affected households get enough to eat, keep their assets and stay home rather than migrate to look for jobs elsewhere. The Commission's aid will bring food assistance and cash transfers to 17,500 households, and livelihood support in the form of unconditional cash grants to 31,500 households.

The projects will be implemented through humanitarian partner organisations in the region which include UN agencies and non-governmental organisations. The European Commission has been active with humanitarian aid in Bangladesh for many years, focusing both on disaster preparedness and emergency response.