Emergency response

We aim to improve the health, security and wellbeing of individuals and communities caught in crisis situations. We work in partnership with relief operations, governments and international and national non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Read more about emergency projects

  • Cylone Nargis aftermath: Residents wait for free rice, Yangon, May 2008

    Burma cyclone: lifeline radio support

    In response to the devastating impact of Cyclone Nargis, the BBC World Service Trust, in partnership with the BBC Burmese Service, is broadcasting emergency radio 'lifeline' support.  Read more

  • Kolkata rocks to concert on disaster preparedness

    "Today's preparedness is tomorrow's security" is the message of a free concert featuring popular band Bhoomi to promote disaster preparedness in West Bengal and Orissa.  Read more
  • Sunderbans, West Bengal, India

    Image gallery - West Bengal

    Natural disasters are endemic to West Bengal; excessive rainfall and flooding is frequent. Rising sea levels are also threatening the Sundarbans delta, with the inhabitants of the islands at risk of becoming "climate refugees".  Read more
  • Disaster risk reduction workshop in India

    Strengthening disaster prevention and resilience

    A pilot project aimed at strengthening disaster prevention and resilience in the Indian states of West Bengal and Orissa is developing media, government and NGO capacity to increase and improve media coverage of the issues.  Read more
  • Woman being interviewed by Trust reporter, Mohammed Hassan

    A lifeline for Darfur

    We work in partnership with Sudanese media professionals and the World Service to broadcast life-saving information to 6.5 million people in Darfur, including two million people living in the region's 85 camps for people displaced by the conflict.   Read more