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Christian Aid launches Rohingya Crisis Appeal as humanitarian needs
mount on the Myanmar-Bangladesh border.
Christian Aid has launched an appeal to help all communities displaced by
violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, and Rohingya Muslims who have
crossed the country’s border into Bangladesh as refugees.
Figures show
412,000
Rohingya people
have fled into
Bangladesh’s
Cox’s Bazar
district since a
fresh outbreak of
violence erupted
in Rakhine State
on 25 August. A
reported 210
villages have
been destroyed in the north of the state, leading to an unknown number of
displaced people within Myanmar.
For the last 12 months, Christian Aid in Myanmar has been working in
camps and with conflict-affected communities through local partners in
Rakhine State and supports all ethnic groups displaced by violence.
Permission to work in refugee camps in Bangladesh has been limited until
now to a handful of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), but authorities
in Bangladesh are now willing to accept further NGO support. Christian Aid
is working with authorities in both countries to secure permission to work
with those in need.
In Bangladesh, Christian Aid is initially sending £40,000 to local partners to
provide food, water, hygiene and sanitation, and healthcare provisions to
23,000 people. Through the appeal the charity hopes to raise more funds so
the response can be scaled up in both countries.
To donate to the Rohingya Crisis Appeal, visit
www.christianaid.org.uk/emergencies
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