Child Protection · Emergency Response · Apr 21, 2022

Rohingya Refugee Crisis Appeal Update

Work is underway now to help children, young people and families in Cox's Bazar.

Since January, compassionate Kiwis have given over $91,000 to help Rohingya children and families, living as refugees, to access education, life-saving devices, disaster preparedness, psychosocial counselling and child protection programmes.

ChildFund is working with government officials, local partners and other stakeholders to set up the psychosocial counselling and child protection programme

Three refugee camps and ten schools have been selected for the programme

Youth and other community groups are forming to participate in the programme

Educational materials have been prepared for the programme

Background to the Rohingya refugee crisis

Four years ago at least one million fled their homes in Myanmar, literally running for their lives as armed gunmen chased them away and set their houses on fire. They fled to the Cox’s Bazar district in Bangladesh.

Alongside this destruction, upheaval and terror, many witnessed their loved ones being brutally murdered. With thanks to compassionate Kiwis, ChildFund has partnered with MFAT to help vulnerable vulnerable Rohingya refugees to access education, life-saving devices, disaster preparedness, psychosocial counselling and child protection programmes.

You can support our work in Cox's Bazar, and help even more vulnerable Rohingya children and families, living as refugees.

New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT)...

With support from compassionate Kiwis and MFAT, we're helping nearly 10,000 Rohingya people living as refugees. Starting in January 2022, ChildFund and MFAT partnered to provide humanitarian assistance to children, youth and families in Cox's Bazar. All donations made towards our life-saving work in Cox’s Bazar will be matched x4 by MFAT. That means your $100 donation will have $400 worth of impact for Rohingya children and youth. Read more about our work with MFAT here.