Bangladesh Floods 2020 Floods struck Bangladesh during the last week of June 2020, driven by prolonged and intensified heavy monsoon and upstream water,Â  affected 5.4 million people in the northern, central, and north-eastern part of the country. Around 37 per cent of the country's total areas were flooded affecting 33 districts andÂ  it was considered as the longest flooding period in the last 22 years in the country. There were widespread damages in housings, access to clean and safe water, hygiene and sanitation facilities as well as access to livelihoods in most of the affected districts. 
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Based on the flood forecast information, BDRCS activated early action protocol (EAP) on 28 June 2020. Considering the flood impact and severity, BDRCS requested to access disaster relief emergency fund (DREF) amounting to CHF 577,496 and approved on 17 July 2020 to enable BDRCS to assist the affected people and meet the immediate humanitarian needs on the ground. Later based on the findings of need assessment and escalated impact, IFRC launched an emergency appeal (EA) on behalf of BDRCS to scale up the assistance and finally the operation end on 4 February 2021. 
Please be informed that the Final Report for MDRBD025 â€“ Bangladesh: Floods has been published on the IFRC website. The report can be accessed via the following link: https://adore.ifrc.org/Download.aspx?FileId=409929.
Summary of BDRCS response through this EA
Â·Â Â Â Â Â  BDRCS mobilized 1,200 volunteers, 70 National Disaster Response Team (NDRT) members and 75 staff for flood 2020 response.
Â·Â Â Â Â Â  Reached 7,349 people with dry food/cooked food and 37,500 people (8,500 HHs) with 15- days food parcel.Â  
Â·Â Â Â Â Â  Provided 125,134 liters of safe drinking water through deploying water purification units and distributed among 11,993 flood affected households. In addition, BDRCS with the support of trained volunteers and staffs disinfected and repaired 743 tube wells; installed 25 new communal tube wells and constructed 180 emergency latrines for flood affected people. 
Â·Â Â Â Â Â  Distributed hygiene parcels among 47,500 people along with orientation on safe hygiene practice.
Â·Â Â Â Â Â  Reached 7,520 flood affected people with medical services by mobilizing four mobile medical teams in Sirajganj, Gaibandha, Lalmonirhat and Sunamganj districts for ten days. Another 200 people were provided first aid and psychosocial support.
Â·Â Â Â Â Â  Reached around 165,000 people with the awareness messages on COVID-19 pandemic and distributed 10,000+ mask and 2,000+ hand sanitizer considering COVID-19 pandemic.
Â·Â Â Â Â Â  Reached 10,000 flood affected people with the tarpaulins support in Bogura, Jamalpur, Kurigram, Sirajganj, Tangail, Gaibandha and Naogaon districts. 
Â·Â Â Â Â Â  Provided Multipurpose Cash Grants (MPCG) and vegetable seeds among more than 100,000 people in the severely flood affected districts. BDRCS also provided persons with disability (PWD) allowance among 411 HHs. All of these cash assistance had been provided through financial service provider Bangladesh Post Office (BPO).Â  
Â·Â Â Â Â Â  Distributed dignity kits among the 1,000 flood affected households in Bogura, Gaibandha, Jamalpur, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat, Naogaon, Sirajganj and Tangail districts.
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