Since 25 August 2017 the number of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh has reached nearly 1 million. Read how Caritas is helping refugees who live in prepare for the monsoon rains.
With monsoon rains and the onset of the cyclone season expected during the next few weeks, fears are intensifying for the safety of Rohingya people living in makeshift shelters in Bangladesh refugee camps.
Water is a fundamental human right but water scarcity around the world is causing severe problems and human suffering that are likely to worsen in the future, warns Caritas Internationalis.
With temperatures dropping at night during the next few weeks, a hard year is closing with yet more endurance required of the Rohingya people in Bangladesh refugee camps.
by Caroline Brennan, Catholic Relief Services with additional reporting by Harriet Paterson Shetara, 40, a midwife escaping violent attacks on her village in Myanmar, could tell her cousin was just hours away from going into labour. The trouble was, the Rohingya women were on a small boat crossing the Naf river into Bangladesh, after many ...
As countries pledged $344 million for the Rohingya refugee crisis at a UN conference in Geneva yesterday, Caritas underlined the urgency of translating promises into practical help.
Caritas visits a Rohingya family in a Bangladesh refugee camp, as food and cookware packages reach 70,000 people.
Caritas has swung into action getting food and cooking utensils to Rohingya refugees as of 8 October, after receiving clearance from the Bangladesh authorities.
“Six days ago the army attacked our village. They were firing everywhere. They shot my wife in the back. She died from the wound,” said Abdul Rahman, a Rohingya refugee who fled Myanmar for Bangladesh. The 21 year old widow carries his four month old baby in his arms.“The baby won’t stop crying. I’m asking ...
“In my whole life, this was the biggest flood I have seen,” said Kulubala, an 85 year old woman whose village in Dinajpur, Bangladesh was devastated by monsoon flooding. “It came at night and stayed for some days. The water came up 4 foot in just one night,” she said. “At first I was thinking ...