Disaster Response Bangladesh Project #31416

Support Children in the Rohingya Refugee Crisis

by UNICEF USA

Support Children in the Rohingya Refugee Crisis

Project Report | Apr 9, 2024
Update: Children in the Rohingya Refugee Crisis

By Marisa Ferguson | Assistant Director, Global Cause Partnerships

UNICEF/UNI499192/Halder

Dear Friend,

When hundreds of thousands of terrified Rohingya refugees began flooding onto the beaches and paddy fields of southern Bangladesh in August 2017, it was the children who caught many people’s attention. As the refugees – almost 60 percent of whom were children – poured across the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh, they brought with them accounts of the unspeakable violence and brutality that had forced them to flee. Six years later, about half a million Rohingya refugee children are living in exile from their home country. Many of them have been born into this limbo.

UNICEF has been on the ground in the refugee camps in Bangladesh from day one and is still there for every Rohingya refugee child who needs clean water, health care, protection, nutritious food and education.

We thank you for your generous support of the children of the Rohingya refugee crisis. If you would like to continue to support children across the globe please consider contributing to UNICEF’s overall humanitarian response, which allows UNICEF to deliver the most impactful results for children in emergencies.

When the needs of children are constantly evolving, the flexibility to use these funds in the most agile way possible is critical. When time is of the essence, Country Offices can receive funding within 24 hours. This funding is UNICEF’s critical “first responder,” allowing UNICEF to reach and help children in the first few days of any emergency. UNICEF’s rapid transfer mechanism saves lives across the globe. It also saves costs. UNICEF can be agile across ~300 emergencies each year, adjusting and course correcting to best meet the needs of children at every juncture.

With your generous support of even $1 invested in high-risk humanitarian contexts, UNICEF can save an average of over $4 on the next emergency and speed up operations by more than 12 days.

In partnership,

Marisa Ferguson

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Nov 22, 2023
Update: Supporting the Rohingya Refugee Community

By Marisa Ferguson | Assistant Director, Global Cause Partnerships

Aug 2, 2023
Update: Supporting the Rohingya Refugee community

By Alia Karim | Assistant Director, Global Cause Partnerships

Girls on their way to a learning center

Dear Friend,

The trail of destruction left by Cyclone Mocha, which tore through parts of Bangladesh and Myanmar caused severe disruption to the lives of millions of vulnerable children and families, including many already living in dire conditions. In Bangladesh, home to the world's largest refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, one million Rohingya refugees faced the brunt of the heavy storms. While Cox's Bazar was spared the eye of the storm, thousands of people were affected and several temporary shelters, facilities, and infrastructure that refugees have been provided have flooded and left severely damaged due to heavy winds and rains, including more than 100 learning centers. With your generous support, UNICEF was on the ground and rapidly delivering support where it is needed most urgently.

Delivering education in the largest refugee settlement in the world is an immense operation. Education for Rohingya refugee children is provided through 3,400 learning centers – 2,800 of which are supported by UNICEF – as well as through community-based learning facilities.

The Importance of Education:

Even after facing damage from fires and cyclone Mocha, learning centers in Cox's Bazar are continuing to fill up with displaced children, excited on their first day of school, against all odds Thanks in part to your generosity and expanded educational opportunities for teenagers and girls, a record 300,000 children are enrolled for the 2023/24 school year. “Rohingya refugee children want to learn, and to turn their hopes and dreams for a better future to actual potential.” said Mr. Sheldon Yett, UNICEF Representative to Bangladesh.

“The single most important ingredient for ensuring a safe and dignified return of these children to Myanmar is ensuring that they can continue their education while they are here in Bangladesh. I urge our partners and donors to stand by UNICEF as we deliver on our promise to provide education for every Rohingya refugee child.”

In addition to the new opportunities for older children, a dedicated campaign has brought more than 13,000 children who were out of school into the classroom. Efforts to support adolescent girls to continue their education are key to the record attendance this year. Due to social norms, parents are often reluctant to send girls to school once they reach puberty. In response, UNICEF and partners have worked closely with the refugee community to demonstrate to parents the benefits of education for girls, to provide girls-only classrooms, and to organize chaperoning to classes by female mentors.

Thank you, we are so grateful for your generous support of the children of the Rohingya refugee crisis.

In partnership,

Alia

Links:

Keeping Rohingya Girls in school

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