United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has handed over 200 cyclone shelters repaired under USAID’s “Increasing Community Resilience to Disaster (ICR)” project, implemented by World Vision in southwest Bangladesh.   The shelters provide over 100,000 community and project participants across Koyra, Dacope, Shyamnagar and Kaliganj sub-districts with access to safe and secure shelters during disasters such as cyclones and flooding and are the latest demonstration of the long-standing U.S. commitment to the people of Bangladesh. United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director Kathryn Stevens and Ranjit Kumar Sen, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief joined the programme virtually. As a result of the renovation work, communities are now able to access the shelters with clean WASH facilities, including safe and potable water sources for drinking, toilets and hand washing facilities, which are now more important than ever in light of the Covid pandemic.