News & Media

BRAC’s relief efforts continue as dire flooding in Bangladesh keeps millions stranded. Discover the latest on our Bangladesh flood relief. BY SARAH ALLEN   Afrin Jahan’s life turned upside down when a sudden flash flood swept through her village, Porkora. Midday on Thursday, August 22, the roof of her fragile home collapsed under the force...

Dire flooding in Bangladesh has stranded over a million families. Discover how BRAC teams rescued two men stranded by the floods. On August 23, a speedboat carrying BRAC’s frontline workers in Feni, one of the districts worst affected by historical flooding in eastern Bangladesh, was making its way back from an emergency aid drop. Due...

BRAC teams are responding to support families impacted by catastrophic flooding in Bangladesh. In Hathazari, Chattogram, in southern Bangladesh, emergency relief teams are shoulder to shoulder, preparing relief kits for 500 families trapped by floodwaters. The families are sheltering in nearby buildings, including schools. Bangladesh has been hit by a catastrophic disaster.   BRAC has deployed...

5,000 BRAC staff providing emergency relief support BRAC staff distributing dry food, water and emergency saline to people stranded in Khagrachari, southeastern Bangladesh DHAKA — August 22, 2024 — Three million people are stranded in catastrophic flash floods in Bangladesh spanning eight districts across the eastern and southern parts of the country. At least one...

On the seventh anniversary of the Rohingya refugee crisis, hear from the people who still call Cox’s Bazar home. On August 25, 2017, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people began flooding from their homes in Myanmar to Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh amid unimaginable violence. Today, nearly one million Rohingya refugees are still sheltering in makeshift shelters...