This is an evaluation of the response by Tearfund’s partner NGO, HEED, in response to the devastating cyclone, known as Cyclone Sidr, which struck Bangladesh on 15th November 2007. The evaluation focuses on that part of HEED’s response which was funded by the DEC, which at £231,697 represented roughly one-third of HEED’s total income for its Sidr response. Following the Cyclone HEED staff and volunteers helped around 10,000 people take shelter in HEED Cyclone shelters in nine locations in 5 different districts, and made two distributions of dry rations - the first one within a few days, the second within a month. Tarpaulins and basic building materials were distributed to a total of 1,050 families, and cash for work schemes introduced.
