A very engaging and effective film that explores the impacts of the 1998 Bangladesh flood. Told through the personal stories of those struggling to survive on Bangladesh's Char lands, this…
Provide your students with examples of a range of creative flood management strategies and NGO projects. Immediately after the flood in 1998, aid organisation like Oxfam began distributing emergency supplies.…
With a focus on the role of strengthening livelihoods with NGO support, this is a particularly valuable film. The important of helping people prepare for and cope with the effect…
Bring this frequently used case study up to date with a resource that emphasises contemporary thinking about hazard events. In 1998 Bangladesh experienced one of its worst ever floods making…
This film assesses the role of the immediate disaster response by the Bangladeshi government and humanitarian organisations such as Oxfam and Christian Aid to Cyclone Aila Local residents explain the…
Get behind the headlines with this film that explores the impacts of cyclones on LEDCs through the first hand accounts of those affected. Cyclone Aila hit land in southern Bangladesh…
Following the storm, those people who could afford to and had places to go to began leaving in their thousands. This video explores the long term impact of the tropical…
A very useful film that assess the role of better monitoring and prediction systems in reducing risk. You see footage of Bangladesh's Central met office in Dhaka as they discuss…
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