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
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Latest from the ground
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Chef Oli, WCK response lead in Bangladesh, checks in from Moulvibazar where we are using boats to distribute food kits, water, and samosas to communities isolated by floodwaters. Oli was in Bangladesh in 2022 when we distributed 1.6 million meals to communities in and around the city of Sylhet after flooding. The connections he and others made then have proven critical to WCK’s ability to begin distributing food so quickly.
