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 organisations in Asia are offering support and prayers to people infected with and affected by the COVID19 virus.
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, ...
Caritas is working on several innovations to help bring environmentally-friendly, transparent, good-practice relief assistance to communities around the globe. While world leaders are discussing climate change at the UN Climate Change Conference in Katowice, Poland (December 2-14) Caritas Denmark is pioneering several green-technology projects: a new solar-powered water purifier a solar-powered cooker plans to map ...
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.
The International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Trafficking in Persons is on 8 February. To mark the day we look at exploitation on the South China Sea.
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.
Pope Francis met a group of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh on 1 December on his trip to Asia. The 16 refugees travelled to Dhaka from Cox’s Bazar, where they live in huge camps. Some 630,000 Rohingya refugees have fled Myanmar since August. “I knew that I would meet the Rohingya, I didn’t know where or ...