A young girl digs deep into soil saturated with salt water, hoping to find logs to burn as fuel. Two years on from Cyclone Aila, the communities along Bangladeshs southwest coastline are starting to rebuild their lives. In the course of the cyclone, which struck in May 2009, surges of water up to three meters high battered the coast along the Bay of Bengal in Khulna district. It was already weakened by Cyclone Sidr, the worst ever in the region. Aila needed a tiny hit to destroy the defenses.
- About GVI
- Take Action: Make a difference
- 1. Have a personal mission: be the change
- 2. Hire for integrity
- 3. Take risks and embrace the 21st century
- 4. Communicate, communicate
- 5. Be clear on accountability
- 6. Build in participation
- 7. Operationalize collaboration
- 8. Be a steward of resources
- 9. Make diversity practical
- 10. Make leadership accessible
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