Project profile — Rohingya Refugee Crisis - emergency response - Development and Peace - Caritas Canada 2024

• Bangladesh (100.00%)

• Emergency Response: Material relief assistance and services (72010) (100.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Nutrition (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

October 2024 - An estimated 1 million Rohingya fled political persecution in Myanmar, with the majority seeking refuge in overcrowded, temporary settlements in Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh. These refugees face numerous protection risks, including violence, exploitation, and a lack of legal rights, as they are not permitted to work in Bangladesh. As a result, they remain heavily reliant on humanitarian assistance to meet their basic needs. With GAC’s support, Development and Peace – Caritas Canada and its local partner, Caritas Bangladesh, helps provide safe and gender-sensitive emergency shelter, sanitation, and protection services to Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar District, using a community-based approach. Project activities include: (1) rehabilitating shelters; (2) distributing emergency shelter kits; (3) rehabilitating water and sanitation facilities; and (4) providing protection services.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) increased use of safe and dignified gender-sensitive shelters; (2) improved water, sanitation, and hygiene services; and (3) increased use of safe, dignified and inclusive protection services, including for survivors of gender-based violence. The expected ultimate outcome is lives saved, suffering alleviated, and human dignity maintained in countries experiencing humanitarian crises or acute food insecurity.

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