Bānlādēśa-bhāratēra ban'yārtadēra jan'ya ēka lākha i'urō dilēna grēṭā 57/5000 Greta donated one lakh Euros for the Bangladesh-India flood victims

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Greta Thanberg, a Swedish teenager and climate change activist, has donated 100,000 euros (about Rs 1 crore) to flood victims in Bangladesh and India. With this money, BRAC will get 25 thousand Euros (25 lakh rupees) to help the flood victims in Bangladesh.

On the 20th of this month, Greta was awarded the Gulbenkia Prize for Humanity, worth ১ 1 million. All of this money will be spent by the Greta Thanberg Foundation, a charitable organization working to address the climate crisis, and to help those affected by climate change, especially in the ‘Global South’. As part of this, the aid was announced for Bangladesh and India.

Announcing the funding, Greta said climate change was a matter of urgency. People living in the Global South in particular are already vulnerable to the devastating effects of climate change.

He said millions of people were seriously affected by the recent floods in South Asia. The tragedy was compounded by the Covid-19 epidemic and the cyclone Ampan. Even though the world media continues to ignore this flood, we have to do everything possible to help the affected people.

“I am fortunate to be able to give my prize money to these organizations to help them,” he said. These organizations can quickly deliver assistance to the victims.

Welcoming the initiative, BRAC Executive Director Asif Saleh said funds were needed to stand by the people affected by the disaster. While the country is trying to recover from the damage caused by Cyclone Ampon and at a time when the livelihoods and food security of millions of people are at risk due to the Covid-19 epidemic, this unusually long flood has put them at new risk. With this fund we will be able to reach out to the victims.

Ongoing floods have inundated about one-third of Bangladesh and about 2.7 million people are now affected. Monsoon floods have so far killed 113 people in India and affected about 600,000.

In addition to BRAC, ActionAid Bangladesh, ActionAid India and environmental organizations Gunj will receive the same amount of money to conduct these relief activities.