Dear Friends and Colleagues, Greetings! I believe meanwhile many of you are engaged to support the survivors of recent-past cyclone called 'Sidr'. We believe that the number of death is not the single criterion to conclude the severity of disaster. People have lost everything, rebuilding the communities is going to be the most difficult challenge. Meanwhile actionaid together with its development partners have committed to provide its all-out support and took side of the people. In the post-disaster situation, apart from basic needs support, we're going to arrange groups of people having skills to deal the issues of injury, identification and early intervention to prevent probable impairments, serving the old and newly acquired disability cases and to ensure the provision of psychosocial care and support in the communities. Department of Psychiatry, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University is going to join us to provide the psychosocial care in the field and to build local capacity, which we believe, will help restore the mental strengths, confidence and emotional capacity in the communities. CDD has initiated to deploy community-disability-resource persons as volunteers. Dear friends, yet the preparation we have is peanut compared to the needs on the ground. Your help and support is needed. We would like to draw your kind attention and look forward to your support and cooperation in this respect. Let us work together for the greater cause, with whatever support we have. We need persons with experiences in emergencies work, physio, primary health care, general health care and psychosocial care to work together with us on voluntary basis. Looking forward to get offers/suggestions from our development friends and partners in this regard. In solidarity! mahbub Mahbub Kabir Theme Leader, Disability & Enabling Environment Rights & Social Justice Sector ActionAid Bangladesh Tel: +880 2 9894331, +880 2 9894216, +880 2 8837796-8 Fax: +880 2 8815087 Mobile: +88 01716 671337 mahbub.kabir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx www.actionaid.org End poverty. Together. ActionAid is an international anti-poverty agency working in over 40 countries, taking sides with poor people to end poverty and injustice together P Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. Thank you