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Flooding case study:
Chars Livelihoods Programme
Bangladesh
Raising homesteads, supporting
livelihoods
Mr Ric Goodman
July 23, 2009d
Protect people against environmental hazards
Help improve household incomes and food security
Health, nutrition, education, animal husbandry, savings, enterprise
…and learning from all the mistakes.
Plinths make a
difference
•100,000 CLP-
raised
homestead
plinths on the
chars in the
north-western
Bangladesh.
•Raised 60cm
above 2007 high
flood line.