Reports

Ever since 57-year-old Amina* and her husband Asif, 63, fled violence in Myanmar, they have only had one wish: “I want to go back. I was born there, it’s where I have lived my whole life.”…

HIGHLIGHTS “The hygiene promotion trainings have helped me to better protect myself, my family and my neighbours from illnesses like coronavirus. My family and I are now in better condition than before.” – Shoktara, a 12-year old…

HIGHLIGHTS During the reporting period, 40 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in the Rohingya refugee camps. Since early April until 27 September 2020, a total of 48 787 tests for COVID-19 have been conducted in the Field…

Rangu Debi, 70, lives on Monpura, an isolated island of Bhola district in Bangladesh, by the Meghna River. A widow with six children, she has seen many catastrophic cyclones and floods, but fifty years ago, Cyclone…

WASHINGTON, September 25, 2020 —The World Bank today approved $200 million to help Bangladesh improve access to safe water and sanitation services in rural areas. The Bangladesh Rural Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Human Capital Development Project…

HIGHLIGHTS “I am feeling very happy to get an opportunity to engage myself in a livelihood activity. Through mask packaging my self-esteem increases and I have more confidence as previously I was neglected due to the inability…

HIGHLIGHTS During the reporting period, 32 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in the Rohingya refugee camps. Due to the increasing number of tests conducted at the IEDCR Field Laboratory in Cox’s Bazar, in the last two weeks…

Start Fund Bangladesh Responds to Waterlogging in the South Start Fund Bangladesh has allocated GBP 2,50,000 to the communities affected by waterlogging in Satkhira, Khulna and Jashore, South Western parts of Bangladesh. This wave of waterlogging is different…

Excerpts 2. BDRCS Response Highlights: 15,600 Drinking water bottles (500ml) distributed among selected COVID-19 dedicated hospitals, test and response centers, Police stations, DC offices at several districts. 37676 Individuals took part in several COVID-19 awareness raising sessions during August…

The total number of Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar is around 869,000 individuals. The Rohingya refugee population is concentrated in extremely congested camps within Ukhyia and Teknaf Upazilas of Cox’s Bazar district, Bangladesh. The refugees living…