IR has already been involved in raising £2.9 million for the victims of Cyclone Sidr, and along with organisations such as United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF, has helped around 95,000 affected families to date.
Individually IR has helped 19,357 families in 50 villages in the districts of Bagerhat, Patuakhali, Jhalokhathi and Chandpur, by providing them with food and other essential items such as candles, matches and polythene sheets, as well as giving medical assistance to around 2,700 people in the region.