From left Thomas Loster, chairman Munich Re Foundation, RISK Award winner, Nandan Mukherjee, and Mami Mizutori, UNDRR CourtesyThe floating house could give shelter to a family of six, and allow them to produce their own foodA project that pioneers floating houses in Bangladesh has won the prestigious RISK Award for 2019. The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction Mami Mizutori presented the €100,000-prize, a media statement issued from Geneva said. Nandan Mukherjee accepted the prize, sponsored by the Munich Re Foundation, on behalf of Dundee University in Scotland, and Resilience Solution from Bangladesh. The floating house has been designed such that it can give shelter to a family of six, reports the UNB. According to the report, the family could survive flooding and produce their own food including vegetables, chickens and fish.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 19, 2019 05:26 UTC