Grameen Foundation : What we do : Special Projects : Cyclone Sidr
Cyclone Sidr
In 2008, Cyclone Sidr swept through Bangladesh. Thousands of Bangladeshis lost their lives, tens of thousands were cut off from access to food and water, and an untold number of families lost loved ones and their homes. As is often the case, the poor were the ones hit the hardest by the storm. Approximately 675,000 Grameen Bank members were affected by the cyclone. This represents about 9% of Grameen Bank’s clients in Bangladesh. Grameen Bank has a long history of successfully assisting its clients to recover from natural disasters, most notably after the floods of 1988 and 1995, and after the cyclone of 1991 that claimed an estimated 150,000 lives. Its goal in every case is to motivate and assist the survivors to build better lives than they had before the disaster struck.
Read Grameen Foundation's press release about Cyclone Sidr
Learn about Grameen Bank's Cyclone Sidr Recovery EffortsGrameen Foundation : What we do : Special Projects : Cyclone Sidr
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