UNB, Dhaka :
Newly appointed German Ambassador to Bangladesh Dr Thomas Prinz visited the coastal region of Bangladesh on Wednesday to get an insight view about the German Development Cooperation’s activities.
The envoy opened a mock drill on cyclone preparedness at Nilganj, Patuakhali.
The mock drill and cyclone shelter are part of efforts to improve the safety of people living in vulnerable coastal areas. The exercise was organised by the German Development Cooperation agency GIZ.
The mock drill on cyclone preparedness is a part of GIZ’s disaster risk reduction measures.
During his visit, Ambassador Prinz said that Germany has been a long-standing partner of the people of Bangladesh.
He also inaugurated the Langalkata Multipurpose Cyclone Shelter in Barguna financed by the German Financial Cooperation agency KfW.
Around 60 volunteers from the Bangladesh Government’s Cyclone Preparedness Programme and from the local community participated in the drill.
They trained the villagers how to deal with cyclones and jointly carried out first aid and rescue exercises through a simulation of devastations caused by a cyclone.
Langalkata Multipurpose Shelter, located in Barguna district, is one of the 50 shelters financed by KfW together with the World Bank under the Emergency Cyclone Recovery and Restoration Project (ECRRP).
It can accommodate up to 1,300 people, providing protection to the population during a cyclone. Besides, these shelters are designed to serve the community as primary schools in normal times.
The German Development Cooperation through KfW and GIZ is helping increase Bangladesh’s resilience to floods and natural disasters as well as to rebuild livelihoods destroyed by the cyclones Sidr and Aila.
Newly appointed German Ambassador to Bangladesh Dr Thomas Prinz visited the coastal region of Bangladesh on Wednesday to get an insight view about the German Development Cooperation’s activities.
The envoy opened a mock drill on cyclone preparedness at Nilganj, Patuakhali.
The mock drill and cyclone shelter are part of efforts to improve the safety of people living in vulnerable coastal areas. The exercise was organised by the German Development Cooperation agency GIZ.
The mock drill on cyclone preparedness is a part of GIZ’s disaster risk reduction measures.
During his visit, Ambassador Prinz said that Germany has been a long-standing partner of the people of Bangladesh.
He also inaugurated the Langalkata Multipurpose Cyclone Shelter in Barguna financed by the German Financial Cooperation agency KfW.
Around 60 volunteers from the Bangladesh Government’s Cyclone Preparedness Programme and from the local community participated in the drill.
They trained the villagers how to deal with cyclones and jointly carried out first aid and rescue exercises through a simulation of devastations caused by a cyclone.
Langalkata Multipurpose Shelter, located in Barguna district, is one of the 50 shelters financed by KfW together with the World Bank under the Emergency Cyclone Recovery and Restoration Project (ECRRP).
It can accommodate up to 1,300 people, providing protection to the population during a cyclone. Besides, these shelters are designed to serve the community as primary schools in normal times.
The German Development Cooperation through KfW and GIZ is helping increase Bangladesh’s resilience to floods and natural disasters as well as to rebuild livelihoods destroyed by the cyclones Sidr and Aila.
