PHA-Exch> Cyclone Sidr effected Bangladeshi people need your help.

[Syed Mahbubul Alam]

Cyclone Sidr has left behind a trail of devastation affecting the lives of 
at least 4 million people, and leaving a path of damaged houses, uprooted 
trees, destroyed schools, flattened crops, dead livestock, contaminated 
streams and ponds, and disrupted road links. The storm has left more than 
3,000 dead – a number that rises with every passing hour.
Of the total lives lost to Sidr, 40 per cent are believed to be children. 
Many of the children that have survived are now orphans. Children under 
five, pregnant women, new mothers and the elderly are the people most 
seriously affected.

The number of victims is expected to rise dramatically as rescue crews and 
aid workers make their way to remote areas and islands. Hope is fading for 
finding survivors from missing ships, trawlers and fishing boats that were 
swept away. Thousands of people are still living in the open with no food, 
drinking water or medicine. The threat of disease outbreak is rising.
Bangladeshi People need your help.

For your kind information WBB Trust and other Bangladesh Anti-Tobacco 
Alliance Members working to distribute some relief goods in the effect area.


Please  visit this website for more information of the situation in Bangladesh.
http://www.directrelief.org/EmergencyResponse/2007/CycloneSidrBangladesh/CycloneSidrBangladesh.aspx?gclid=COO3uZagjJACFSUHEgod7iZ-tQ
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/11/16/asia/bangla.php


Saifuddin Ahmed
Executive Director

Syed Mahbubul Alam Tahin, Program Manager
Work for a Better Bangladesh (WBB Trust)

House-49 Road-4/A Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1209, Bangladesh
Ph- 880-2-9669781, 8629273 Ext-102,
Fax-880-2-8629271 Mobile:880152493518
E-mail-info at wbbtrust.org, www.wbbtrust.org
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