Torrential rain since June and onrush of water from upstream have affected millions of people in Bangladesh. People have lost homes and are living with acute shortage of food, safe drinking water and sanitation facilities.
Updates
Rohingya girls living in camps in Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh are doing what was once impossible. "I could not study in Burma. It was too risky," says Yesmin, age 17. Starting February this year, Yesmin has been attending the new multi-purpose child and adolescent centre in Balukhali, where she is getting educated and learning new skills.
We're excited to be at the Play Summit 2019! The two-day event will focus on healing and learning of children in situations of displacement, and launch the Humanitarian Play Lab model piloted in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar.
Rohingya learners enjoy a visit from Her Royal Highness Princess Sarah Zeid of Jordan in a BRAC Learning Centre in Kutupalong, Cox's Bazar. 48,000 Rohingya children in the camps are now learning in colourful BRAC Learning Centres. Games, songs, art and guided lessons are used to teach math, literacy and life-skills, and support children’s psychosocial needs.
A Rohingya community leader at the inauguration of the first BRAC-UNHCR bamboo treatment plant in Cox’s Bazar. Treating the bamboo increases its lifespan from 2-3 years to 10-12 years, taking pressure off Bangladesh’s forest reserves while making shelters in the camps much more durable.
BRAC Responses: in Numbers
167000
people provided with shelters
100000
children supported through child friendly spaces
21063
latrines constructed
1.3M
outpatient screenings in community health outlets
1879
community awareness meetings held
61185
children and adolescents registered in learning centres
26605
trees planted in host communities
10532
psychosocial support services delivered by skilled staff
800
community mobilisation volunteers on the ground
110276
households received vegetable seeds
