AID FORaBANGLADESH CYCLONE VICTIMS.

Europe Environment, November, 2007

The European Commission released, on 19 November, 1.5 million in fast-track aid to help the most vulnerable people affected by Cyclone Sidr, which battered Bangladesh on 15 November. Experts from the Commission's Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO) were sent from Dhaka to the affected region.

Their initial reports underline that the immediate needs are for food, safe drinking water, temporary shelters and basic household items. Humanitarian funds are channelled through the Red Cross-Crescent movement, UN agencies and non-governmental organisations that specialise in disaster relief.