The NGOs and Humanitarian Reform Project aims to strengthen the effective engagement of local, national and international humanitarian NGOs in reformed humanitarian financing and coordination mechanisms at global and country levels.

By supporting NGOs to better understand the reforms and highlighting where barriers exist to successful implementation of the reforms on the ground, the project will help improve international policies related to humanitarian reform and, improve the delivery of humanitarian aid and accountability to crisis-affected people.

The NGOs and Humanitarian Reform Project aims to strengthen the effective engagement of local, national and international humanitarian NGOs in reformed humanitarian financing and coordination mechanisms at global and country levels.

By supporting NGOs to better understand the reforms and highlighting where barriers exist to successful implementation of the reforms on the ground, the project will help improve international policies related to humanitarian reform and, improve the delivery of humanitarian aid and accountability to crisis-affected people.

This mapping study is one of a series of five reports commissioned by the NGOs and Humanitarian Reform Project. It is written by an independent consultant and does not necessarily represent the individual views of the project consortium member. NGOs and Humanitarian Reform is a three year consortium project funded by DfID. Member agencies are ActionAid, CAFOD, CARE, International Council of Voluntary Agencies, International Rescue Committee, Oxfam and Save the Children.

This mapping study is one of a series of five reports commissioned by the NGOs and Humanitarian Reform Project. It is written by an independent consultant and does not necessarily represent the individual views of the project consortium member. NGOs and Humanitarian Reform is a three year consortium project funded by DfID. Member agencies are ActionAid, CAFOD, CARE, International Council of Voluntary Agencies, International Rescue Committee, Oxfam and Save the Children.

This mapping study is one of a series of five reports commissioned by the NGOs and Humanitarian Reform Project. It is written by an independent consultant and does not necessarily represent the individual views of the project consortium member. NGOs and Humanitarian Reform is a three year consortium project funded by DfID. Member agencies are ActionAid, CAFOD, CARE, International Council of Voluntary Agencies, International Rescue Committee, Oxfam and Save the Children.

This mapping study is one of a series of five reports commissioned by the NGOs and Humanitarian Reform Project. It is written by an independent consultant and does not necessarily represent the individual views of the project consortium member. NGOs and Humanitarian Reform is a three year consortium project funded by DfID. Member agencies are ActionAid, CAFOD, CARE, International Council of Voluntary Agencies, International Rescue Committee, Oxfam and Save the Children.

This mapping study is one of a series of five reports commissioned by the NGOs and Humanitarian Reform Project. It is written by an independent consultant and does not necessarily represent the individual views of the project consortium member. NGOs and Humanitarian Reform is a three year consortium project funded by DfID. Member agencies are ActionAid, CAFOD, CARE, International Council of Voluntary Agencies, International Rescue Committee, Oxfam and Save the Children.

Super Cyclone Sidr (equivalent in intensity to a high-end Category 4 Hurricane) hit Bangladesh on November 15, 2007. Intense wind and storm surges left behind a ravaged landscape along the coast of Bangladesh. Bagerhat, Barisal, Barguna, Patuakhali, and Pirojpur are identified as the worst affected districts. More than 3,000 people were killed and hundreds were missing from these districts. Physical damage is even worse. Crops, fisheries, and livestock were either severely damaged or washed away by storm surges.

On 15 November 2007, Cyclone Sidr struck the southwest coast of Bangladesh and high winds and floods caused extensive damage to housing, roads, bridges, and other infrastructure. Electricity supplies and communications were knocked out, as roads and waterways were impassable. Drinking water was contaminated by debris and saline water from the storm surge, and sanitation infrastructure was destroyed. The cyclone caused 3406 deaths and seriously affected about one million households. Estimated damages and losses were Tk 115.6 billion (US$ 1.7 billion and mainly concentrated in the housing and productive sectors).

The following presentation was given by Tasneem Mowjee, Senior Policy Advisor, Development Initiatives, who is the lead independent researcher for 5 Mapping Studies commissioned by the NGOs and Humanitarian Reform Project at the start of the project to research the humanitarian reforms in the project focus countries. It reflects the independent researchers’ findings particularly in relation to reformed financing mechanisms.