On Sunday the 5th of March 2023, a disastrous fire broke out in Cox Bazaar and engulfed 2,000 bamboo and tarpaulin shelters leaving over 12,000 Rohingya refugees homeless and hundreds more missing.

The conditions there were already dire, with overcrowding and lack of sanitation being areas of huge concern. Levels of malnutrition are already high and the news that the World Food Programme is cutting aid by 30% due to a lack of funding is a severe blow to families dealing with severe food insecurity.

Residents of the camps are threatened by natural disasters and women and children are vulnerable to violence, exploitation, and human trafficking.

In August 2017, after suffering decades of persecution in Myanmar, armed attacks forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya to flee their homes and seek refuge in neighbouring Bangladesh. Currently, there are over 1.1 million Rohingya refugees living in Cox Bazaar, the world’s largest refugee camp, who rely solely on humanitarian aid to survive.

With your support, we have been working with Rohingya refugees since then, providing clean water and sanitation facilities, food supplies, medical care and building temporary shelters as well as operating safe spaces for women and children.

Please donate today to support our vital work so we can continue to save lives and give hope to our Rohingya brothers and sisters.