On World Refugee Day (June 20) Caritas Internationalis wants to highlight the strength and courage of millions of people worldwide who have left their homelands and have undertaken dangerous journeys to escape conflict, persecution or violence, extreme poverty, natural disasters or climate change. In over 200 countries, Caritas is a witness to the inspiring hope ...
Several fires have broken out in Rohingya camps and has left several refugees without shelter even within settlement camps. The latest fire that broke out on 5 March left an estimated 16,000 Rohingyas from over 3,000 households without a home. In addition to the loss of homes, health centres and learning facilities were also destroyed ...
The “Asia Shelter Forum” (ASF) annual conference 2022 hosted by the Government of Bangladesh, under the leadership of the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) with technical and financial support from ASF organizing committee members, is being held in Dhaka from 28-30 November. The theme of the conference is “Resilient Shelters and Settlements.” As Asia is ...
Four hundred villages in Cox's Bazar have been flooded after days of rain. Most people in the area say they have never seen severe flood like this in the last decade.
The Rohingya people have once again faced a life or death situation, in the form of the devastating fire that recently hit the world’s largest refugee camp where they are living in Bangladesh.
Less than a month after a huge fire ravaged the world's largest refugee camp, Caritas Bangladesh raises alarm about the safety of the Rohinyga in view of the monsoon season.
The high density living conditions in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh are having a serious impact on the physical and psychological well-being of the refugees, especially on children, women and refugees with disabilities.
Caritas found Juthika’s family to be extremely vulnerable and decided to give her training and help her do a small business plan.
Senowara’s labour pains had already started when she fled from Myanmar 16 months ago. After five days walking through the forest, she could hold on no longer. Her child was born by the roadside, beneath a tarpaulin, just an hour and a half after she crossed into Bangladesh. We first met Senowara, a Rohingya refugee, ...