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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...

Between two worlds: children living in the world's biggest refugee camp

Some 883,000 people who fled violence in Myanmar last year are now living in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh-- home of the world's largest refugee camp. Nearly 55...

Day in the life of a refugee mother

2:00 AM - Preparing the meal During the month of Ramadan, I wake up very early to prepare sehri for my four-year-old daughter Jannatul and myself. This is...

A better home in the camp for Jannatul

Four-year-old Jannatul naps soundly in her mother’s lap, her small face serene, carefree. “I’m thankful that she doesn’t have nightmares after all she has...

Improved water systems wash away refugee mother’s health and safety worries

Of all her worries since escaping the violence in Myanmar, Nur Banu is thankful that she no longer fears being sexually harassed while fetching water for...

Refugee girls deserve dreams and an education

As a World Vision interpreter in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, I hear many harrowing stories every day from the refugees who fled the violence in Myanmar...

Myanmar child refugee: “This space helps us overcome our worries”

The sweet melodies of rhymes grow louder closer to the Child-Friendly Spaces (CFS), set up by World Vision. 10-year-old Yacob doesn’t hesitate to lead the...

World Vision continues to respond to the pressing needs of refugee children

Like Jiger and Ruma, almost 400,000 of children were displaced by the violence that erupted in Rakhine State, Myanmar. As part of World Vision’s emergency...

Child Friendly Spaces for Myanmar child refugees

World Vision is deeply concerned about the thousands of children who have witnessed and fled extreme violence who need targeted protection and psychosocial...

World Vision staff in Bangladesh refugee camp

World Vision prepares response to refugees in Bangladesh

Child Friendly Spaces provide relief for child refugees who fled violence in Myanmar

World Vision is setting up Child Friendly Spaces (CFS) at the refugee camps in Bangladesh to provide them safe spaces to draw, play, interact and heal...

Bangladesh refugees: Life goes on

More than two months after the violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar erupted, over 605,000 refugees now live in makeshift shelters within the refugee camps in...

Somsida: Where is my childhood?

“In my dreams I see people running, crying, shouting and fighting. Then suddenly, I get up in fear,” says 11-year old Somsida, one of the child refugees in...

Rayhana: The harsh reality of life in a refugee camp

“Living in a refugee camp is difficult. There’s no food, no water, no toilet and no place to bathe. We can’t afford to eat three times a day. My newborn...

No place to call home: Bangladesh’s newest refugees

Reprieve from death- that is one small grain of comfort for people fleeing violence in Myanmar who have safely crossed into Bangladesh. “We survived,” said...