2,962 Sidr-hit families striving to stand on own feet with SDC support
FE Report | Wednesday, 2 July 2008
A total of 2,962 SIDR-affected families in Bangladesh are now rebuilding their livelihood and striving to stand on their own feet with the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), said a press release.
With Tk 15,000 cash grant received from SDC, each household has bought cows, fishing nets, boats or has invested in small businesses, agricultural farming or in other income generation activities.
Disabled person Momin of Chal Rayenda village has bought a milking cow and hopes that he will be able to support his family by selling the milk. Ripia Begum of village Jilbunia has restarted the door to door cloth selling business she had before cyclonic storm SIDR struck in November 2007.
Under SDC's 'Cash for Livelihood' (CFL) project, 15,000 Taka was paid without condition in one installment during May in the worst affected Rayenda and Southkhali Unions of Sarankhola Upazila in Bagerhat District. The selection of beneficiaries as well as disbursement of the cash was completed in close collaboration with the local administration, Union Parishad elected representatives and local NGO partners. Until now, the total SDC assistance for the SIDR affected region amounts to USD 7 million.
The cash transfer approach of SDC Humanitarian Aid Department has been successfully carried out in other humanitarian situations in several countries with good results, notably in Sri Lanka after tsunami, Lebanon, Kosovo etc.
With Tk 15,000 cash grant received from SDC, each household has bought cows, fishing nets, boats or has invested in small businesses, agricultural farming or in other income generation activities.
Disabled person Momin of Chal Rayenda village has bought a milking cow and hopes that he will be able to support his family by selling the milk. Ripia Begum of village Jilbunia has restarted the door to door cloth selling business she had before cyclonic storm SIDR struck in November 2007.
Under SDC's 'Cash for Livelihood' (CFL) project, 15,000 Taka was paid without condition in one installment during May in the worst affected Rayenda and Southkhali Unions of Sarankhola Upazila in Bagerhat District. The selection of beneficiaries as well as disbursement of the cash was completed in close collaboration with the local administration, Union Parishad elected representatives and local NGO partners. Until now, the total SDC assistance for the SIDR affected region amounts to USD 7 million.
The cash transfer approach of SDC Humanitarian Aid Department has been successfully carried out in other humanitarian situations in several countries with good results, notably in Sri Lanka after tsunami, Lebanon, Kosovo etc.