UNICEF Bangladesh, which stands for United Nations Children Fund, tweeted out on December 9th, 209 about the effects of the cyclone that recently hit the country of Bangladesh. The organization shared an image of local people in Padma Pakur, Khulna, Bangladesh attempting to build a flood barrier by creating a human chain to pass materials along to quickly build the barrier. This cyclone stayed in Bangladesh for 36 hours, making it one of the longest cyclones the country has faced in five decades. There have been lives lost, property damaged, and social impacts across mainly costal communities. With the horrible after effects of flooding from the cyclone, the tweet calls for action to help prevent the climate change that is rocking the world. Climate change and sea levels rising have increased the destructivness of these natural disasters, and leading to even more damage and loss of life.
UNICEF is a subunit of the United Nations, so, if they are out reaching on social media about the crisis, what are they physically doing to help those impacted by the natural disaster? Is there anything the Bangladesh government can do to repay those in the costal communities that were horrifically impacted by the cyclone? What can foreign nations, such as the United States, do to decrease the lasting effect of the disaster? What does the long term impact of the cyclone look like for the country and for its citizens? How much foreign aid is Bangladesh getting? Is it more or less than a western country gets during a natural disaster?
Local people in Padma Pakur, Khulna, #Bangladesh, form a human chain to build a new flood barrier after Cyclone.
Climate change is robbing millions of Bangladeshi people of their livelihood.
#COP25 #ClimateAction pic.twitter.com/i9syT8GXWs
— UNICEF Bangladesh (@UNICEFBD) December 9, 2019
HR: https://reliefweb.int/report/bangladesh/cyclone-bulbul-month-impact-bangladesh-s-coastal-communities