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UNICEF welcomed today a USD 200,000 donation from Qatar based NGO, Reach Out To Asia (ROTA); the first donation from Qatar and the Gulf to help UNICEF alleviate the suffering of the children victims of Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh.
UNICEF welcomed today a USD 200,000 donation from Qatar based NGO, Reach Out To Asia (ROTA); the first donation from Qatar and the Gulf to help UNICEF alleviate the suffering of the children victims of Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh.
Six days after the Cyclone wreaked massive destruction on the southern coastline of Bangladesh and wiped out thousands of villages leaving over 3 million families homeless, the death toll today is nearing 3,500 people. Nearly half of the affected population is children, out of which an estimated 400,000 are under the age of five.