The
geographical location, land characteristics, multiplicity of rivers and the
monsoon climate render Bangladesh highly vulnerable to natural hazards as it has
a tropical monsoon climate characterized by wide seasonal variations in
rainfall, high temperatures and high humidity. This country has a long
history of natural disasters. Only between 1980 and 2008, Bangladesh
experienced 219 natural disasters. Besides these, Bangladesh suffers from floods,
cyclones, storm surge, river bank erosion, earthquake, drought, salinity
intrusion especially in the Southern part, fire and tsunami and so on. Cyclones
and floods particularly caused massive damages almost every year in the country.
However, realizing the fact about the effects of these natural as well as the
other casual disasters on the country’s general citizens, EAD Foundation has
come forward with a view to providing Relief & Rescue Support during the
times of those disastrous events.
By our
relief we refer to the provision of essential, appropriate and timely
humanitarian assistance to those affected by a disaster like cyclones, flood,
earthquake and so forth based on an initial rapid necessity and designed
to contribute effectively and speedily to their early recovery. It consists of the delivery of a specific
quantity and quality of goods to a quantified group of beneficiaries, according
to selection criteria that identify actual needs and the groups that are least
able to provide them for themselves.