Staff Reporter :
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has appealed for $ 7.3 million as emergency support to Rohingya children for the next four months. Additional supplies are being brought to Cox Bazar from Dhaka and from Copenhagen.
UNICEF is supporting the Department of Public Health Engineering with water treatment plants and carriers, and is working with partners on the ground to install and rehabilitate tube wells.
These items are part of a first wave of supplies that will massively scale-up UNICEF’s emergency response to the growing number of Rohingya children in Bangladesh.
“There are acute shortages of everything, most critically shelter, food and clean water,” said Edouard Beigbeder, UNICEF’s Representative in Bangladesh.
“The children are at high risk of water-borne disease. We have a monumental task ahead of us to protect these extremely vulnerable children,” Beigbeder added.
UNICEF trucks filled with emergency water, sanitation and hygiene supplies for thousands of Rohingya children headed for Cox’s Bazar, with a steady stream of supplies in the pipeline for the coming days and weeks.
Up to 400,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh since August 25, with thousands more arriving every day.
Around 60 per cent are children, according to preliminary estimates. More than 200 000 Rohingya children are at risk. About 200,000 Rohingya children need urgent support to survive.
The sheer number of refugees has overwhelmed pre-existing refugee camps, with new arrivals seeking shelter anywhere they can find space.
There are no indications that this influx will stop soon. This is a growing humanitarian crisis and children are in the heart of this crisis.
In the different Rohingya camps at Chittagong, the large numbers of refugees are children. Those children who have not slept for days, they are weak and hungry.
After such a long and challenging journey many children are sick and they need health care right away. Children are traumatized. They need protection and psychological support. There are pregnant mothers and many babies were born since their mothers’ arrival in Bangladesh.
As camps are growing every day, we need to provide safe drinking water and basic sanitation. We want to prevent the incidence of water-borne diseases. There are many vulnerable people in the camps with the high percentage of children, women and elderly who are living in limited space with very poor hygiene conditions. Water borne diseases are extremely dangerous for children in this type of situation.
Supplies include detergent powder, soap, and pitchers and jugs for containing water, along with nappies, sanitary napkins, towels and sandals.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has appealed for $ 7.3 million as emergency support to Rohingya children for the next four months. Additional supplies are being brought to Cox Bazar from Dhaka and from Copenhagen.
UNICEF is supporting the Department of Public Health Engineering with water treatment plants and carriers, and is working with partners on the ground to install and rehabilitate tube wells.
These items are part of a first wave of supplies that will massively scale-up UNICEF’s emergency response to the growing number of Rohingya children in Bangladesh.
“There are acute shortages of everything, most critically shelter, food and clean water,” said Edouard Beigbeder, UNICEF’s Representative in Bangladesh.
“The children are at high risk of water-borne disease. We have a monumental task ahead of us to protect these extremely vulnerable children,” Beigbeder added.
UNICEF trucks filled with emergency water, sanitation and hygiene supplies for thousands of Rohingya children headed for Cox’s Bazar, with a steady stream of supplies in the pipeline for the coming days and weeks.
Up to 400,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh since August 25, with thousands more arriving every day.
Around 60 per cent are children, according to preliminary estimates. More than 200 000 Rohingya children are at risk. About 200,000 Rohingya children need urgent support to survive.
The sheer number of refugees has overwhelmed pre-existing refugee camps, with new arrivals seeking shelter anywhere they can find space.
There are no indications that this influx will stop soon. This is a growing humanitarian crisis and children are in the heart of this crisis.
In the different Rohingya camps at Chittagong, the large numbers of refugees are children. Those children who have not slept for days, they are weak and hungry.
After such a long and challenging journey many children are sick and they need health care right away. Children are traumatized. They need protection and psychological support. There are pregnant mothers and many babies were born since their mothers’ arrival in Bangladesh.
As camps are growing every day, we need to provide safe drinking water and basic sanitation. We want to prevent the incidence of water-borne diseases. There are many vulnerable people in the camps with the high percentage of children, women and elderly who are living in limited space with very poor hygiene conditions. Water borne diseases are extremely dangerous for children in this type of situation.
Supplies include detergent powder, soap, and pitchers and jugs for containing water, along with nappies, sanitary napkins, towels and sandals.
