Malteser International (Bangladesh)

In August 2017, over 700,000 ethnic Rohingya people from Myanmar fled their homes to escape a horrific wave of violence. Most of them fled to neighboring Bangladesh, where they joined hundreds of thousands already living in refugee camps in the country's south-eastern districts of Cox's Bazar and Bandarban. Neither the Government of Bangladesh nor the international community were prepared for what would become the fastest-growing refugee crisis in the world.

Many of them suffered serious injuries and psychological trauma from their experiences and arrived with barely any possessions. They are in need of food, adequate healthcare and shelter as well as clean water. Hygiene and sanitary conditions inside the overcrowded camps are also very poor, meaning the risks of deadly diseases spreading quickly are high, especially in the rainy season.

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