Support Children in the Rohingya Refugee Crisis

Dear Friend,

Thanks to your generous support, UNICEF scaled up efforts across all program areas in Cox Bazar, Bangladesh to provide Rohingya children and adolescents with opportunities for a better future.

Since August 2017, more than 900,000 Rohingya, fled violence in Myanmar and settled in Cox’s Bazar. Rohingya children witnessed the horrors of this conflict with many ending up the target of grave violations. Arriving in Bangladesh by the hundreds of thousands, the needs of children and their families were massive and ranged from psychosocial support to access to basic social services such as water, health, nutrition and education.

Due to your support, UNICEF has been able to work across sectors to ensure children and their families are afforded a better future. Examples of such interventions are:

• An emphasis on water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH) activities, particularly the establishment of diarrheal treatment centers and strong behavior change communication messaging, contributed to averting a potentially major cholera epidemic.
• UNICEF and partners also screened more than 149,000 children for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) treatment.
• Additionally, UNICEF established more than 1,300 learning centers provided education opportunities for more than 70 percent of targeted school-aged children.
• With UNICEF’s support, the education sector also developed a learning framework that will provide standardized teaching and learning for refugee children.

As the humanitarian needs in Cox’s Bazar develop, and the lives of children are affected, UNICEF and its partners will continue scaling up activities in Bangladesh thanks to gifts like yours. These interventions provide families with emergency assistance, both for the short-term and long-term. Thank you again for your ongoing support as UNICEF continues to provide relief for the 500,000+ Rohingya children who have been forced from their homes.

Sincerely,

Whitney Simon

Links:

• Helping Rohingya Children Stay Healthy and Keep Learning