Reports

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…

Purpose of report Three years into the Rohingya response, there remains a lack of detailed information on the communities of Cox’s Bazar district and their needs. Most information that does exist is limited to the communities bordering…

In South Asia, more than 25 million people have been battling four crises in one year. Floods came as COVID-19 and climate change worsened poverty and loss of livelihoods. Thousands of villages have been submerged for…

In Numbers || August 2020 860,000 refugees in the camps* (51% children, 45% adult, 4% older persons and 1% persons with disability) Over 500,000 people in the host community continued to receive assistance through a COVID-19 special support…

THREE YEARS INTO THE CRISIS August 25, 2020 marked the third year of WFP providing life-saving assistance to support the refugee and host populations in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. However, the need for continued assistance remains dire with…

Highlights: • In the host community, five of ten households (HHs) are dependent on external food assistance • Nearly three of ten households still had no access to the markets despite easing of movement restrictions. Close to half…

Bangladesh is hosting more than one million Rohingya, a mainly Muslim minority community who are stateless, most of whom fled following a wave of violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state in 2017. “More than three years have elapsed.…

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…

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…

Highlights Since March, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the already vulnerable host communities in Cox’s Bazar. Due to a series of national and regional lockdowns, income opportunities have been significantly lost, impacting households’ purchasing power and threatening…