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Flooding case study: Chars Livelihoods Programme Bangladesh Raising homesteads, supporting livelihoods Mr Ric Goodman

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Flooding case study:

Chars Livelihoods Programme

Bangladesh

Raising homesteads, supporting

livelihoods

Mr Ric Goodman

August 26, 2009

Jamuna River

Chars

Beautiful

Unique…and hard…way of life

Most people are agricultural

labouer or fishermen

Typical scene

Typical year

Erosion

Flood levels

Low-lying terrain

Monsoon flood

Daily life interrupted -

migration to river bank

Relief –

Food and water

Protect people against environmental hazards

Help improve household incomes and food security

Health, nutrition, education, animal husbandry, savings, enterprise

…and learning from all the mistakes.

More permanent solution…

Safe above flood

“Cash for Work”

Including women

workers

Not the result expected !??!

Re-design

Back to work

Geographic

Information

Systems (GIS)

Plinths make a

difference

•100,000 CLP-

raised

homestead

plinths on the

chars in the

north-western

Bangladesh.

•Raised 60cm

above 2007 high

flood line.

Thanks

www.clp-bangladesh.org