Special Assistance Project for Cyclone Affected Rural Households

The overall aim of the project was to strengthen the coping strategies of rural households hit by the 1991 cyclone. The project had two specific objectives:

• to rehabilitate the productive potential of people affected by the cyclone by replenishing livestock and repairing infrastructure (for example, by rehabilitating fish ponds and fishing vessels)
• to lay the foundations for increasing community resilience in vulnerable areas by strengthening capacity to cope with crises resulting from natural disasters

The project also helped equip a more effective cyclone early-warning system and constructed ten cyclone shelters in the Kutubdia area.

Source: IFAD