Rivers of Hope is a short documentary film about the 2022 Averted Disaster Award Winner, the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS). Directed by award winning filmmaker Doel Trivedy, Rivers of Hope highlights the work of the BDRCS telling the stories of three families who have been impacted by the Super Cyclone Amphan and the successive extreme events in Bangladesh May-July 2020.

BDRCS provided forecast-based financing, to vulnerable communities in Bangladesh when disaster strikes. Following the daily activities of these three families, resource distribution and finally actions the families take themselves to move out of danger, we can learn how to mitigate the adverse impacts resulting from the climate crisis.