AILA rehabilitation

The aim of the AILA rehabilitation project is to contribute to stability and rehabilitation in the coastal areas of southwest Bangladesh that were devastated and damaged by cyclone AILA and to promote socio-economic stability and strengthen the economic and physical resilience and protection of communities against future natural disasters. We are providing both agricultural and non-agricultural supports to restore the livelihoods of the AILA victims of Bagerhat, Khulna and Satkhira districts. We have provided and still providing supports to cultivate fish in protected ponds and ghers, cultivate vegetable on the slope of the embankment (most people are living on the embankment of the coastal polders) and in homestead (those who are fortunate to return to their home) and to plant trees in their homesteads. Until June 2011, we have covered almost 50,000 households with different agro-based interventions mentioned above. We have planned to cover more households to culture fish in ponds and ghers and plant trees in homestead during 2011 monsoon season.