0. MAJOR CHANGES SINCE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE HIP
Seventh modification
Due to the heavy floods and landslides end of June in the districts of Chittagong,
Bandarban and Cox’s Bazar in the Southeast of Bangladesh, the humanitarian response takes the needs of natural disaster affected people into consideration. For this reason, an amount of EUR 160 000 had to be shifted from man-made crisis specific objective to natural disasters specific objective.
Sixth Modification
Heavy floods and landslides, as a result of pre monsoon heavy rains occurred during the last week of June in the districts of Chittagong, Bandarban and Cox’s Bazar in the Southeast of Bangladesh. A Joint Needs Assessment Phase II (JNA) was carried out in July, while a second period of heavy rain from 22–27 July caused new floods, landslides and further displacements. Tropical Cyclone “Komen” that crossed the same districts between 30 July and 01 August left more than 320 000 displaced in cyclone shelters in Cox's Bazar and Chittagong, while the secondary effect of “Komen” was again heavy rainfall, causing additional landslides and flooding, which extended to all the coastal regions. According to the JNA, as a result of the first two periods of heavy rain, more than 1.8 million people were affected, out of which 73% (1 325 000 people or 265 000 households) are in need of humanitarian assistance. The JNA response plan proposes immediate assistance to 193 505 people (38 701 HHs).
Following the needs assessment, the Food Security and the WASH Clusters consider that a minimum of three months of immediate assistance is needed to avoid a prolonged lean season, leading to further increase of the acute under-nutrition status of the most vulnerable. An allocation of EUR 500 000 is required to cover the most urgent needs.
Food assistance and emergency livelihood are identified as the main priority needs.
Fifth modification
Following the earthquakes that hit Nepal on 25 April and 12 May, and while the national and international attention is beginning to focus on the rehabilitation and reconstruction phase, there are still significant gaps in the coverage of humanitarian needs. These have to be urgently addressed in the early recovery phase, particular in view of the impending monsoon season when access to remote and hard to reach areas will become more difficult. The immediate recovery priority needs identified are in the sectors of Shelter and Food security/Livelihood. However, unmet needs remain also in Health and Logistics. Protection and Disaster Risk Reduction should also be mainstreamed in the response. In view of the above, a further EUR 6 000 000 is allocated under the present HIP