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Flooding in Bangladesh impacted millions

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Bangladesh | Active from August – September 2024
World Central Kitchen’s Relief Team was in two different regions of Bangladesh after heavy monsoon rains led to devastating flooding. Millions were left stranded and without access to food and water.

According to the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre of Bangladesh, over a dozen rivers in the area were well above ‘dangerously high levels.’ Scientists cited climate change as a major factor in the heavy rains this monsoon season in Bangladesh and India.

In 2022, WCK provided 1.6 million meals to communities in and around the city of Sylhet in northeast Bangladesh after historic pre-monsoon rainfall led to the worst flooding in the region in nearly two decades. With the help of local partners, WCK was able to support more than 15,000 families with hot meals and food kits as they recovered from the flooding that year.

By the numbers

1.4 Million+

Meals Served

Meal Kit Equivalency

3,600+

Gallons of Water

Distributed

Last-mile Deliveries

Getting to the hardest hit regions in Bangladesh

First Weeks

How our team reached isolated communities during the first weeks

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Latest from the ground

  • Chef Oli checks in from Silonia High School outside Feni, Bangladesh. WCK is distributing hot meals to people living in nearby shelters because of ongoing flooding.

    Twitter | 9/07/2024
  • WCK’s Community Outreach Lead Max is in southern Bangladesh, just east of the Ganges River. He’s checking on several communities to see if they need meals and clean water. WCK has distributed more than 240,000 meals in southeast Bangladesh in the past 10 days.

    Twitter | 9/06/2024
  • Student volunteers from Feni University unload hundreds of meals at Silonia High School where families displaced by the flooding are sheltering. The college students are also working as translators, helping WCK teams communicate with the local community.

    Twitter | 9/05/2024