Informes

Background Situated in the disaster-prone region of Bangladesh, Cox’s Bazar is extremely vulnerable to natural calamities. Owing to the low elevation of the shores, the region has faced catastrophic floods and cyclones in the last few decades. Through…

Executive Summary The Needs Assessment Working Group is mandated to inform the humanitarian community about the Cyclone “Fani” causing humanitarian impact and assess the needs of distressed people of Bangladesh. This report has attempted to capture an…

2019: SEEKING LONGER -TERM SOLUTIONS TO THE CRISIS WFP provides life -saving food and nutrition assistance to close to 880,000 refugees in Cox ’s Bazar, the world ’s largest refugee settlement. WFP also acts as a common…

Prepared by the Inter-Sector Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group (GiHA WG) under the Inter-Sector Coordination Group (ISCG). GiHA WG is Co-Chaired by UN Women and UNHCR with Technical Support from Inter-Agency GENCAP. Introduction Since the major influx…

Bangladesh is hosting nearly a million Rohingya refugees who have little hope of going home any time soon. The government should move to improve camp living conditions, in particular by lifting the education ban and fighting…

In Numbers 10,844 mt of food distributed US$ 3.85 million cash-based transfers made US$ 98.55 million six-month (April-September 2019) net funding requirements for the CSP of which US$ 87.5 million is for the L2 emergency response in Cox’s Bazar 1.24…

Bangladeshi communities were the first to respond to the large influx of Rohingya refugees in 2017, providing lifesaving support together with the Government of Bangladesh. The rapid increase of population however has strained the local community’s…

A skills programme promotes self-reliance and aims to transform the lives of rural women in south-eastern Bangladesh. By Caroline Gluck in Ukhiya and Kutupalong, Bangladesh | 16 April 2019 In a bamboo thatched women’s centre in Kutupalong, more…

2019 IOM APPEAL IOM is appealing to the international community for USD 136.2 million for 2019 to assist an estimated 1.2 M individuals. In 2019, IOM will adopt an integrated approach to support life-saving and sustaining assistance…

OVERALL UPDATE: 906,500 Rohingyas and over 460,454 people in host communities have been identified for support according to the 2019 JRP report. UN agencies and NGO partners, including BRAC, launched the 2019 Joint Response Plan (JRP) on 15…