The Rohingya people have faced decades of systematic discrimination, statelessness and targeted violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar. Such persecution has forced Rohingya women, girls, boys and men into Bangladesh for many years, with significant spikes following violent attacks in 1978, 1991-1992, and again in 2016. Yet it was August 2017 that triggered by far the largest and fastest refugee influx into Bangladesh. Since then, an estimated 745,000 Rohingyaincluding more than 400,000 childrenhave fled into Coxs Bazar.

In Myanmar, entire villages were burned to the ground, families were separated and killed, and women and girls were gang raped. Most of the people who escaped were severely traumatised after witnessing unspeakable atrocities. These people found temporary shelter in refugee camps around Coxs Bazar, Bangladesh, which is now home to the worlds largest refugee camp.

Currently there are approximately 600,000 Rohingya are still inside Myanmar living under threat of genocide, with a limited access to food, clean water and an education.