Bangladesh: help for forcibly displaced Rohingya: Misereor

The Rohingya had to leave everything behind when they fled Myanmar. They can make a new start in the refugee camp.

Make a donation to help people who have lost everything and give them back hope and dignity.

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Bangladesh is one of the poorest countries in the world and is reaching its limits when it comes to caring for the many refugees from Myanmar. Around one million people live in the Kutupalong refugee camp on just 13 square kilometres. There is a lack of food, income opportunities, healthcare and education.

Here, children and adults are provided with the most necessary goods.

A fire in early 2024 devastated the Rohingya refugee camp in Ukhiya.

The Rohingyas are now building temporary tents in which they can find shelter.

Food parcels alleviate the worst need

A kitchen set helps you restart after the fire

The dream of becoming a doctor comes a little closer

Buying medicine, exercise books, food - the blockbatik course makes it possible

Warm clothes - a blessing for the sick Feroza Begum

The Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh is home to more than one million Rohingya.

The refugee camp is repeatedly ravaged by major fires, causing thousands of people to lose their meagre shelter. Health and educational facilities are also affected by the fires, most recently in January 2024.

The team from our partner organisation Uttaran is active both in the refugee camp and in the neighbouring communities and creates income opportunities for the refugees and local residents. With support, the women from the neighbouring communities implement business ideas together with the Rohingya, such as 26-year-old Ayesha Akter. She has opened a small nursery and is also creating jobs. When she started her own business, she received training from the team, seeds, fertiliser and start-up capital.

Earning her own income and being able to feed her family again: That is encouraging - and restores hope and dignity.

Offers for sewing courses and the provision of sewing machines
This year, 1,600 families received foodfood parcels, 6,000 households were provided with blankets, clothing and mosquito nets
1,600 pupils received teaching materials

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19 €

25 €

54 €

189 €

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19 euros is the cost of school materials for one child. This includes a school bag, paper and pens.

For donations by bank transfer, please state the project number "P30057" in the reference.

Sometimes we receive more donations for a project than was granted to the legal holder of the respective project. The projects listed here are examples of the work Misereor supports all over the world. If donations for a project exceed the amount granted to its legal holder, we allocate the surplus to other projects with a similar concept.

Our local partner organisations

UTTARAN

Misereor has been supporting the Bangladeshi partner organisation UTTARAN since 1996. It helps poor population groups in the south-west of Bangladesh to adapt to climate change and improve the food situation.

Since 2017, UTTARAN has also been working in the Kutupalong refugee camp and is one of the pioneers of refugee work in the world's largest refugee camp.

Miriam Thiel

Donor Communications

Telephone: +49 241 442506
E-mail: miriam.thiel@misereor.de

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Our income is increasing and we are becoming more and more solvent. I hope that we will continue to expand our business and become even more successful. Thanks to Uttaran and Misereor, I have found my own identity and have become independent.

Ayesha Akter
Founder of a small nursery

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