DHAKA, July 1, 2020 (BSS) - Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) 
has partnered with a number of international organisations to build community 
resilience to enhance resilience of the vulnerable communities from flooding, 
cyclones, storms and earthquakes in Bangladesh.
 
In this regard, KOICA funded some projects like WFP's titled "WFP Building 
Resilience to Achieve Zero Hunger (BRAZH)", IFRC's titled "Integrated Flood 
Resilience Programme: Phase 2 through Community-based Disaster Risk Reduction 
Approach" and Oxfam Bangladesh's titled "Resilience Boat Resident Community 
of Bangladesh".
 
 It also consisted of an action plan on "Innovation Solutions to Safe 
Drinking Water in the Saline-prone Coastal Belt" under KOICA-Yonsei Master's 
Degree Programme in Community Development in Korea.

The projects apply various approaches for the affected people namely, access 
to Forecast-based Financing, Micro-insurance and Seasonal Livelihood support, 
national capacity to response emergency and risk reduction of the chronically 
flood affected population. 

These will also cover health care, community response mechanism, shelter, 
Disaster Risk Reduction and climate change, provision of safe drinking water 
and hygiene through 34 floating water and sanitation centers.
 
This was revealed at a knowledge sharing seminar titled "Building Community 
Resilience to Natural Disasters" organised by KOICA in collaboration with its 
partners in the capital on Thrusday evening. 

KOICA Country Director Young-Ah Doh, Member (Secretary) of Planning 
Commission Nasima Begum spoke on the occasion, among others. 
 
KOICA's Country Director hoped that the projects would strengthen resilience 
of community people in the areas of health, livelihoods and overall ability 
to withstand and cope against natural disasters in Bangladesh through the 
support from Korean government.