Dhaka Archives - Canadian Medical Assistance Teams

CMAT endorses ‘The Dhaka Project’ – a grassroots project in Dhaka slums

2007 - Bangladesh Floods, Deployments

CMAT Assessment team members Valerie and David with Maria Cristina Foundation founder Maria Concaicao in front of the training facilities in Dhaka.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 – BRANTFORD, CANADA: CMAT announced today that it has endorsed the activities of the Dhaka Project – a grassroots humanitarian project started by Ms. Maria Conceicao, a flight attendant for Emirates Airways. Conceicao was so moved by the plight of Dhaka’s homelessness and poverty that she spearheaded the Maria Cristina Foundation.

CMAT Assessment team in Dhaka, Bangladesh

2007 - Bangladesh Floods, Deployments

Initial assessment team David Deines and Valerie Rzepka in a Bengali village.

Tuesday August 28, 2007 – Gopalganj, Bangladesh – After meetings with local partner Fazlullah Foundation, two areas were selected to target for medical relief: Gopalganj and Gaibandha – both are in some of the most flood affected areas in Bangladesh. A medical clinic will be established along with two other networking NGOs including the Bangladesh Auxiliary Services for Social Advancement (BASSA) in Gopalganj and Udoyan Savolombi Shangstha (USS) in Gaibandha. Both organizations have been operating for more than 20 years and are fully capable with deployment activities.

CMAT deploys primary medical team to Bangladesh

2007 - Bangladesh Floods, Deployments

Displaced villages set up temporary camps on higher ground.

Tuesday, August 28, 2007 – BRANTFORD, CANADA – CMAT announced today that a Canadian four-member team consisting of advanced care paramedics and a nurse practitioner have departed for Bangladesh yesterday evening.

CMAT Assessment team in Dhaka, Bangladesh: Medical facilities overwhelmed

2007 - Bangladesh Floods, Deployments

View from the air as CMAT assessment team flies into Dhaka (August 18, 2007)

Monday August 20, 2007 – DHAKA, BANGLADESH: CMAT’s two-member initial assessment team arrived in Dhaka on August 18 and have issued their initial situation report. According to the assessment team, Dhaka-based International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research – Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) has become the main treatment ‘hospital’ where flood victims suffering from water-borne illness and diarhea are being treated.