Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Leading from the frontlines in the Rohingya refugee response

“Refugee children and their families are front and centre of everything we do. Let’s never forget this,” says Rachel Wolff, Response Director of World Vision’s humanitarian operations in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

“Refugee children and their families are front and centre of everything we do. Let’s never forget this,” says Rachel Wolff, Response Director of World Vision’s humanitarian operations in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

Leading from the frontlines in the Rohingya refugee response

“Refugee children and their families are front and centre of everything we do. Let’s never forget this,” says Rachel Wolff, Response Director of World...

Two years ago, 740,000 Rohingya people their homes in Myanmar to escape violence and persecution.

Photo Gallery | Two Years On Rohingya Refugee Response | 25 August 2019

“We will not go back to Myanmar without our rights. We have suffered too much. We are grateful to the Government of Bangladesh for giving us a safe place to live."-Fayas

What it means to be Rohingya

The Rohingya are an ethnic Muslim minority from Myanmar. Before August 2017, the majority of the estimated one million Rohingya in Myanmar resided in...

children on the move

Shampa's heart for children's safety

It’s the children’s fear that Shushanna Shampa Kundu remembers most, almost two years later. “The children were so stressed because of the horrible...

Citizens of NOWHERE

Citizens of NOWHERE

Five-year-old Jannatul Firdous is deep in thought. How best to describe the meaning of her name? Jannatul Firdous means heaven — the best heaven — so she...

I want to be a teacher or a doctor or an engineer

Shahed wants his education back now

“Are you a photographer?” I didn’t expect to hear this question in English from a 14-year-old boy in a refugee camp. “Yes, I am,” I replied. I have met...

Nur's Journey | Documentary Film

Life changed for Nur when the violence broke out in Myanmar and her family fled to Bangladesh. Despite the challenges living in the refugee camps, her...

Pumping for joy

A tube well for Ismatara: World Vision providing safe water for children and families in the Rohingya camp

“Water means life for women in this camp,” says Lalaputu, 31, a refugee mother of six children. “Water is the most important thing I need. Without water...

My children love orange

Will that be eggs or oranges today? E-voucher food cards let refugees choose what they want to eat, when

For the past 24 months, Rahazan, her husband, Rashid, and their seven children have eaten the same bland bowl of lentils and rice for breakfast, lunch and...

Tackling gender-based violence in the world’s largest refugee camp

Tackling gender-based violence in the world’s largest refugee camp

At age 12, Smirna, now 19, was married off to a man more than twice her age. At 14, she gave birth to her daughter, Jubaida. At 17, Smirna became a refugee...

World Vision community kitchens are the “heart of the home” for refugee mothers

World Vision community kitchens are the “heart of the home” for refugee mothers

“Please have one, take a taste,” says Setara, proudly holding out a platter of warm, freshly made crepes. “I learned how to make these here in the...

Q&A: World Vision Staff on Protecting Refugee Women and Girls from Gender-based Violence

By Syeda Farjana Ahmed and Karen Homer Ruth Kimaathi and Backey Tripura lead World Vision’s work to prevent and address gender-based violence in the world...

Skills Training to Equip 8,400 Rohingya Adolescents with Hope for a Better Future

Out of school for more than 18 months, an estimated 117,000 Rohingya adolescents living in the world’s largest refugee camp desperately need learning...

Cash-for-work programme empowers Rohingya refugee women

Hamida fills sandbags alongside her all-women team of construction workers. Clad in long, black burkhas and tightly wrapped head scarves, they are helping...

42 new World Vision community kitchens help free children from firewood collecting

Ummah, 8, is happy that she no longer has to spend her days collecting firewood, thanks to the new World Vision community kitchen that recently opened near...

Something to smile—and sing—about: child-friendly spaces for Rohingya refugees

Sanjida, 10, is one of 450,000 Rohingya children living in the world’s largest refugee camp located in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Fleeing violence that...

Human Rights Day: Rohingya refugee children campaign for protection from violence

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh (10 December 2018)—Rohingya children living in the world’s largest refugee camp called today for an end to the routine violence and...

Roshida’s story: Restoring refugees’ dignity and hope through WASH

The overcast sky warns the coming of rain, a sign for Roshida, 32, to bring her brood  inside the families’ simple one-room shelter. "Wash yourselves and...

Rohingya refugee children deserve to go back to school, too

Loud giggles announce the arrival of 30 excited children eager to start their day at World Vision’s child-friendly space here in this refugee camp. Eleven...

A heart for children: A humanitarian's journey

Hailing from eastern Uganda’s Jinja district, James Kamira, now 36, was raised by a single mother. Growing up in a household with five siblings was never...

Breastfeeding boosts baby Shamsida's health in the camp

Shamsida is just 24 hours old. Delivered on the floor of a leaking bamboo-and-tarp shelter in the world’s largest refugee camp, she is the first-born of...

Preventing and treating moderate acute malnutrition in refugee children, mothers in Bangladesh

Monira, 18, worries about her two young children, Kaiser, age 3, and seven-month-old Jasmina. This teenage mother is doing everything she can, but it’s...

Keeping refugee children safe during the monsoons

Children in the world’s largest refugee camp face less risk of being lost or separated from their families during the current hazardous monsoon season...

Refugee children: living in limbo between two worlds

Children are always among the most vulnerable in any humanitarian emergency. This is especially true in the world’s largest refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar...