Younus Bin Afser 🇧🇩

Project Officer, Costal DRR programme, American Red Cross, CPP-BDRCS-American Red Cross @redcross -IFRC, Cox’sBazar. Working for Humanity.

[Younus Bin Afser 🇧🇩 @Younusbin14]

Bangladesh is currently experiencing a severe communication blackout, rendering internet services unavailable and telephone connectivity extremely limited. This situation has significantly hindered the ability to receive timely updates and critical information.
@UN @eu_echo

[Amnesty International South Asia, Regional Office @amnestysasia]

BANGLADESH 🇧🇩 : The Government must immediately overturn the curfew with a ‘shoot on sight’ order that grants excessive powers to the security forces.

The curfew must be urgently lifted, and all the people detained or arrested solely for exercising their right to protest peacefully should be immediately and unconditionally released.

The authorities are obligated under international law to always exercise restraint and use no more force than is strictly necessary, proportionate and lawful in response to any escalation they may face. #SaveBangaldeshiStudents #ProtectTheProtest

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Student-led protests over a job quota system in Bangladesh are met with police violence and a communications shut-down.

[Sanjeev Kafley @sanjeevkafley]

@BDRCS1 @ifrc reached #Cyclonemocha affected 2250 families of Sabrang union of Teknaf upazila, Cox's Bazar with BDT 5000/ familes as cash grant. Thankyou to donors for @IFRC_DREF.

Electronic money transfer services are effective & realiable.

Cash gives better options.

[IFRC Asia Pacific @IFRCAsiaPacific]

Red Crescent volunteers in Cox's Bazar camps were active before, during, and after Cyclone Mocha made landfall in southern Bangladesh.

👇Hear how Mahabu Alam, a Rohingya camp volunteer, assisted authorities in clearing the havoc Mocha caused in the camps.

📷 by camp volunteers.

[ICRC @ICRC]

What is a Red Cross Message?

-It’s a piece of paper delivered by our staff and volunteers.
-It’s a last resort for people to contact their families.
-It’s a lifeline for people in prison or separated by conflict.

-It’s hope.

[EU Humanitarian Aid | Asia-Pacific 🇪🇺 @ECHO_Asia]

Cyclone Mocha has destroyed over 1,300 shelters in the refugee camps near Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh. Ahead of landfall, @eu_echo's partner @WFPAsiaPacific provided thousands of families with cash for emergency needs, as well as prepositioning personnel, food and other stocks.

[IOM Bangladesh @IOMBangladesh]

📢 Our dedicated teams have been working tirelessly to ensure the basic needs & well-being of the #Rohingyas who were affected by #Cyclone #Mocha.

📺 @IOMBangladesh's Deputy Chief of Mission, Nihan Erdogan, urged the international community to come forward to help the #refugees.

[Francesco Rocca @Francescorocca]

Our @IFRC thoughts and solidarity are with the people affected by Cyclone #Mocha.

Very proud of the work done by @MyanmarRedCross and @BDRCS1 supported by IFRC.

Preparing communities and local humanitarian action save lives.

[IOM Bangladesh @IOMBangladesh]

📢 From Early Warning to Rescue

@UNmigration-mobilized 1⃣6⃣0⃣0⃣ Rohingya volunteers of the Disaster Management Unit played a heroic role to save their community from #Cyclone #Mocha in the world’s biggest refugee camps, Cox’s Bazar 🇧🇩.

[Resty Lou Talamayan @resty_lou]

Remember the big fire in #Camp 11 last March that bunt more than 2800 houses? @BDRCS1 @ifrc resume the construction today. After prioritizing the distribution of emergency shelter materials yesterday for families with damage shelters due to #CycloneMocha.

[Resty Lou Talamayan @resty_lou]

Following the aftermath of #CycloneMocha, joint rapid assessment on shelter has been conducted on the ground by @BDRCS1 @ifrc @IOMBangladesh to quickly identify shelter materials need of affected families in camps 11 and 12 where BDRCS is the shelter focal agency.

[Sanjeev Kafley @sanjeevkafley]

#CycloneMocha response is continued. @BDRCS1 @ifrc in ground with available resources. Physical damage is gradually being repaired what happen to those emotional pain? This is just first extreme weather event of this year due to #Climatechange . Lets keep strengthening readiness.

[Achala Navaratne @AchalaNavaratne]

#CycloneMocha made landfall yesterday & immediate response was already underway today morning with rapid assessments & shelter response.

A thread 🧵 of how joint efforts are underway to support #Rohingya refugees who were impact by the event.

@BDRCS1 @ifrc @RohingyaResp

[Resty Lou Talamayan @resty_lou]

Community members as first reponders.

Various organizations & agencies collectively train and equip camp volunteers to quickly respond in these kind of situations.

@BDRCS1 #CPP
@ifrc @IFRCAsiaPacific
@StatePRM
@UNHCR_BGD @IOMBangladesh @UNDP_BD

[Shuvasish Das 🇧🇩 @ShuvasishDas]

Replication of national cyclone EWS of 🇧🇩 & #CPP intervention in camps has been paid off.

Amazing portray of collaboration Government & Humanitarian agencies.
#CycloneMocha
@BDRCS1 @IFRCAsiaPacific @RedCross @UNHCR_BGD @IOMBangladesh @RohingyaResp

[Resty Lou Talamayan @resty_lou]

BMD issued weather bulletin #22 lowering great danger signals to Local Cautionary Signal 3 in all maritime ports. With this, warning signal flags are taken down in camp settlements & host communities.

#CPP @BDRCS1
@IFRCAsiaPacific
@StatePRM @RedCross @UNHCR_BGD @IOMBangladesh

[Shuvasish Das 🇧🇩 @ShuvasishDas]

Dedication of camp volunteers trained on disaster preparedness by #CPP @BDRCS1 supported by @RedCross @IFRCAsiaPacific @StatePRM.

Thank you @RohingyaResp @UNHCR_BGD @IOMBangladesh and SMS partners to mobilize them.

#CycloneMocha

[Sanjeev Kafley @sanjeevkafley]

Early information has started to come from #Rohingya camps. @BDRCS1 @ifrc will coordinate with wider team of @RohingyaResp and initiate early response too.

[Resty Lou Talamayan @resty_lou]

Uprooted trees are damaging shelters in the camp settlement in Cox's Bazar brought by #CycloneMocha

Camp volunteers are responding to assist affected families.

#CPP @BDRCS1
@ifrc @IFRCAsiaPacific
@RedCross @StatePRM

Photos: Camp volunteers

[Resty Lou Talamayan @resty_lou]

In St. Martin, Teknaf.. residents were evacuated to the safe shelters from last night. #CPP union team leader captured this video earlier today..

@BDRCS1 @IFRCAsiaPacific
#CycloneMocha