Presently Bangladesh is going through a humanitarian crisis due to the unexpected monsoon flood. 38 districts out of 64 have been affected. Massive destruction of housing, water supply and sanitation infrastructure has added to the immense miseries of the people. Many of the survivors have been living in the open and drinking polluted water from rivers after their homes destroyed.

Already Dhaka Community Hospital has started relief activities at Bera and Sujanogar Upazilla in Pabna districts with its limited resource. Dhaka Community Hospital used DER format for rapid assessment in the affected areas in collaboration with DCH local office, union and upazila disaster management committee and the affected local community. According to DER initial reports’7^th August’07, the current floods have affected 33 villages and 6 unions and total 5190 families of Sujanagor Upazilla and 114 villages and 8 unions and total 2638 families of Bera Upazila in Pabna District. The scarcity of safe drinking water poses a serious threat of outbreaks in diarrhea and other waterborne diseases. Other critical problems include poor sanitary conditions, scarcity of baby food and essential drugs and medical supplies. The protection of children and women from violence and abuse in temporary shelters, the provision of recreational activities and hygiene education and the need to ensure an equal access of men, women and children to emergency assistance require urgent interventions. At present, people are crying for food, safe drinking water, cloth and medical support.

 In this situation DCH wanted to extend relief activities for the most vulnerable groups in affected areas through medical emergency support and emergency food, cloth and pure water.