Project Details

Title :   EMERGENCY SUPPORT TO FORCIBLY DISPLACED MYANMAR NATIONALS (FDMN) IN COX’S BAZAR

Description :   ISDE Bangladesh started to support to stateless Rohingya Refugees from last 19 September 2017 ISDE Bangladesh from its limited resources, involved in distributed small amount of dry food, drinking water to the new comer families with the collaboration of local administration under support from DoPeace USA. It has covered 1898 families under this event. In 2nd round cooked food distribution in 29 September, and 3rd round in 07 October 2017 covered around 2000 children in Ukhiya. 4th round distributed 2000 families on last 14th October 2017, the 5th round on 21 October 2017 and 6th round on 28 October 2017. ISDE Bangladesh has been working with these host communities’ peoples of Ukhiya and Teknaf for the last 15 years in developing health, education, food securities, nutrition, climate change, disaster risk reduction, water supply and sanitation, gender and women’s political empowerment women & rights and other socio-economic development activities. ISDE Bangladesh is small local humanitarian organization with have past experienced with the local host communities but limited resources to response an emergency like this. ISDE Bangladesh, together with its field offices, is on the ground providing cook food distribution, safe drinking water and medical assistance to help the new arrivals. At present ISDE is running 10 Child Happiness Centers at Potibunia Makeshift Rohingya Camp, Moynarghona, Balukhali, Ukhiya (camp-13, 14 & 19), for 1500 displaced Rohingya children, running Emergency Medical Care centre at Moynargona and Non-Food items Emergency Relief to 5000 FDMN at Ukhiya, Awareness on Personal health, hygiene, nutrition and Gender based violence (GBV) at camp 13, 14 & 19 areas Safeguarding, CRC and awareness raising training to 2400 parents and other social elites. It also running skill development centre for host community and Rohingya women at Palong Khali, Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar.

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