Rohingya Crisis Impact Report 2021 | Islamic Relief Canada

Rohingya Crisis Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Malaysia

IMPACT REPORT | 2021 ROHINGYA PROFILE | IMPACT REPORT 2021

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Thank You In the Name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful Your donations to support the Rohingya people have gone towards projects across Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Malaysia. Because of you, we have been able to continue to reach 269,494 individuals in need this year.

Your care and generosity means we are able to respond quickly and deliver aid when they need it most.

We work diligently with field teams to ensure that our projects are inclusive of all by planning for community needs, foreshadowing implementation challenges, and partnering with local organizations where possible. We continue to provide support to the Rohingya refugees around the world to ensure that they are protected, safe, and able to reconstruct their lives.

We cannot do this without you, thank you.

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Crisis Background BANGLADESH

MYANMAR

Bangladesh is considered one of the most densely populated countries in the world with many people living in extreme poverty.

After a major outbreak of violence in Myanmar in 2017, the country is also currently facing a crisis, after a sudden influx of 1 million Rohingya refugees who fled to the borders of Bangladesh. In camps across Cox’s Bazar, they are now living as refugees with inadequate shelter and limited access to food, sanitation and health facilities.

An estimated 500,000 people remain internally displaced and stranded in the Rakhine state of Myanmar. In addition to being forced out of their homes and living in displaced camps and villages, these vulnerable Rohingya families have lost access to basic services as well as their sources of income. They are also more prone to illness and food insecurity due to limited road access to and from hospitals, schools, markets and other socioeconomic activities.

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Our Work in the Region BANGLADESH Since 1991, Islamic Relief has implemented many projects in Bangladesh within different sectors, including better access to clean water and hygiene, livelihood support, and disaster risk preparation.

With the large number of Rohingya refugees seeking safety in Bangladesh, Islamic Relief is working on providing emergency relief to those affected by rehabilitating shelters, building sanitation points, distributing living essentials and food supplies, and creating safe spaces and programming for women and girls.

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In Cox’s Bazar, we continue to assist refugees who are still undocumented, by enhancing and rehabilitating shelters to better suit their living needs. We also constructed toilets, and handwashing points, to ensure safe water and hygiene and prevent disease. We will be working closely with the communities there to help empower Rohingya women and adolescent girls to be able to meaningfully participate in community management, decisionmaking, and advocate for their rights.

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On the Bhasan Char island, also known as Char Piya, we are working to provide emergency support for the Rohingya refugees that have been relocated from the mainland camps of Cox’s Bazar.

At this point over 18,000 refugees have settled into newly constructed shelters, and are facing huge vulnerability due to limited access to food, health services, essential supplies, water, sanitation and hygiene awareness and practices.

Islamic Relief is committed to complementing existing governmental initiatives, and providing emergency response support. Additionally, our response on the island aims to address the food vulnerability and need for essential supplies such as gas for cooking.

Our Work in the Region MYANMAR Islamic Relief has been operating in Myanmar since 2008 supporting individuals through livelihood, education, water and sanitation, food distribution and health services. Since the Rohingya crisis, Islamic Relief introduced mobile health clinics to help stranded communities receive medical treatments, especially those who are unable to leave their homes.

MALAYSIA Additionally, our emergency response helps deliver aid to remote communities whenever and wherever conflict arises.

Our efforts also include increasing health services and prevention awareness for diseases, improving mobility, and providing vocational training to youth to enhance income opportunities.

There are 102,020 Rohingya refugees currently in Malaysia.

Malaysia allows refugees to stay in their country on humanitarian grounds until they are returned to their country of origin or moved to another host country.

This means refugees do not integrate into Malaysian society, or have access to education and employment.

To combat this, Islamic Relief is committed to providing education for refugee children, ensuring accessibility to education and opportunities for higher learning. Our response in this region aims to educate children, equipping them with the necessary skills to create a dignified livelihood.

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Your Donations in Action

BANGLADESH

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Emergency Life-Saving Support for Cox’s Bazar Camp Fires Responded to the massive fire that broke out damaging four camps in the Balukhali Refugee Camp that houses thousands of Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

We provided immediate emergency support to those affected through Shelter, WASH and protection. Countless had lost their homes and were sleeping on the roadsides and in fields. Through this project, we constructed 16 permanent shelters, bamboo bridges, and repaired 3 roads. In order to maintain their dignity and restore sanitary solutions, hygiene kits were distributed, drainage systems were repaired and community sanitary latrines were constructed.

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We are continuing to construct 152 transitional shelters for refugees, and 13 permanent shelters for the most vulnerable host community families.

Permanent shelters will be a long term support for the host communities, ensuring protection for women and adolescent girls who are most at risk.

These actions reduce health risks for the whole community while ensuring proper access to water, sanitation and hygiene facilities. This project also recognized children as the most vulnerable group in this devastating crisis, child friendly spaces were developed to ensure their safety and well being.

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3,200 individuals

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Emergency Food and Assistance for Rohingya Camps in Bhasan Char

Assisting Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals in Cox’s Bazar

This emergency response is in aid of Rohingya makeshift camps in Bhasan Char. This project focuses on supporting families in need with food distributions and gas cylinder refill support for cooking. Food packs will be distributed in three rounds and gas cylinder refills in four rounds over the span of 4 months. This will provide the most basic human necessities for these families in need.

This project focuses on aiding Myanmar nationals who were forcefully displaced and currently reside in refugee camps and host communities to ensure a more dignified quality of life. This is accomplished by repairing latrines, rehabilitating gender-sensitive latrines and drains, and organizing hygiene awareness sessions. Additionally, we are providing genderappropriate hygiene kits, including menstrual hygiene management kits. For those in need, we are providing transitional shelter assistance, shelter items, and installing solar lights at the camps.

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6,345 individuals

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3,885 individuals

Emergency Humanitarian Support in Cox’s Bazar

Capacity Building for Women in Cox’s Bazar

This response was focused on improving the living conditions of Rohingya refugees and host communities in Cox’s Bazar. This included building a shelter to provide safety and security for the refugees, along with handwashing stations, bathing facilities and latrines to give them a more dignified quality of life. Solar lighting was also installed to ensure safety for girls and women going to the sanitation facilities.

Hygiene kits, PPE and essential supplies were also distributed to families, health staff and volunteers to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

This project helped to build the capacity of female first-responders and local female leadership in humanitarian responses, which is necessary to meet the needs of families across the camps. This was done through empowering Rohingya women and adolescent girls to be transformative leaders, through knowledge, skills and community training with cultural sensitivities in mind. Men, boys and leaders were also engaged to raise awareness and change harmful beliefs about women and girls.

Through this project, women are able to meaningfully participate in community management and decision-making, as well as advocate for protecting the rights of Rohingya women and girls.

BENEFICIARIES

22,425 individuals

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3,348 individuals

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Your Donations in Action

MYANMAR

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Food Security, Livelihood, and WASH Facilities in Rakhine State

Multi-Sector Program for Displaced and Stranded Communities in Rakhine State

In this multi-year project, we are providing support to vulnerable households with a focus on women to improve their financial situations. Through skills training for youth and the introduction of income generating activities, extremely poor and vulnerable households are able to generate a steady and livable income. The project is also improving water, sanitation and hygiene facilities through the camps, as well as constructing solar street lights and distributing solar lights to the most vulnerable families to ensure their safety at night.

In this multi-year project, we are addressing the various concerns facing internally displaced people in Myanmar, specifically in the Rakhine state. This project addresses health concerns by increasing access to health services, and enhancing awareness on prevention of illness and diseases such as water-borne diseases.

It is also tackling transportation challenges by building a 3.5 km road to enhance socioeconomic mobility. Through this project we are able to provide vocational training to youth, this is to increase employment opportunities and income generation.

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13,200 individuals

168,950 individuals

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Your Donations in Action

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Intellectual Skills and Excellence: Providing Education for Rohingya Refugee Children This project is making quality education more accessible for Rohingya children in Malaysia from the age of 7 to 17.

Currently, the project has a small number of students enrolled but will be increasing each year.

Overall, the school will prepare students to enter the workforce or attend university.

The project has also been adjusted to accommodate Covid-19 regulations and will be done online.

Instead of providing in school meals to students, food packages will be distributed to their homes to encourage their continued participation and deter students from dropping out. Education supplies, uniforms, health checkups, and food packages are all provided to refugee students.

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41 students

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SEASONAL PROJECTS IN MYANMAR & BANGLADESH

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Ramadan Food Packs for Rohingya Refugees

Qurbani / Udhiya in Cox’s Bazar and Myanma

Eid al-Fitr Gifts in Myanmar

Winter Season Support in Cox’s Bazar

With your support, we were able to provide food packs during Ramadan in Cox’s Bazar and bring relief during this blessed time. Your donations ensured that food supplies reached the poorest of the poor, and provided them with nutritious staples so that they did not go hungry.

These food packs were dependent on the local diet and weighed an average of 29 kg, and included staple items such as rice, wheat, and oil.

With your vital support, Islamic Relief provided opportunities for those who can’t afford meat to receive the nutritional benefits of our Qurbani Meat Packet. We performed 750 Qurbani sacrifices in Bangladesh to distribute to the Rohingya people, as well as 300 Qurbanis within Myanmar.

Each packet contained enough meat for a family of 4-8 people, for one week.

With your support, we provided Eid gifts in the form of new clothing to 1,000 orphans and vulnerable children in Myanmar. This helped make Eid a little better for them and let them know that someone is thinking about them.

Rohingya refugees faced a harsh winter season exacerbated by a war that has ravaged their homes, leaving them without any essential household items. The winters are cold with harsh winds tearing through limited shelters, incapable of protecting them from the season. People are at risk of getting sick in camps where illnesses are easily transmitted, making disease outbreaks a looming prospect.

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12,000 individuals

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21,000 individuals

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1,000 children

Thanks to your support, many protective items were delivered to vulnerable families in Ukhiya and Teknaf Upazila.

These items included warm clothes, blankets, shawls, and sweaters. This helped to preserve the dignity of each family and combat the harsh winter season.

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14,100 individuals

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BENEFICIARY TESTIMONIAL

Din Mohammed’s Story Din Mohammed lives on the island of Bhashan Char with his wife and four daughters. He said, “Ever since our relocation in Bhashan Char, I could only afford chicken twice.

Though I could not buy any meat, if I buy meat then I won’t be able to purchase vegetables and other regular products for my children”. With very limited income opportunities as a day labourer, Din is constantly worried about providing for his family.

With growing children, protein is essential for a healthy diet. He expressed his concerns saying, “​​Since all my children are growing, they need enough protein to build their muscle

and to be healthy. However, a lesser intake of protein causes various health problems for my children.”

He is one of the countless refugees concerned about the well-being of their children and for the future that awaits them.

The Qurbani meat distribution is one of the rare times families are able to have meat in the year. Din’s family have been beneficiaries of various Islamic Relief projects, including the Qurbani project. He was overjoyed with the Qurbani distribution this year, saying, “The meat pack was a blessing to us. All the family members relished meat after so long. Children

eagerly waited for the pack ever since they had heard about the distribution.”

Along with a Qurbani meat pack, his family receives monthly food packs from Islamic Relief, Ramadan food packs, and clothing. They are able to sustain their diet throughout the year, have access to local staples during Ramadan, and new clothes to preserve their dignity on Eid. Islamic Relief continues to work on Bhasan Char, providing emergency aid, and staple food to the thousands of refugees currently living there.

Through your generous donations we are able to bring joy to families on Eid, nutritious meals, and ease the hearts of worried parents, as they are able to feed their children for another month. Your support changes the lives of countless vulnerable families.

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Thank You Jazakum Allahu Khairan for your continued support and kindness for the world’s most vulnerable. Throughout the crisis, your donations continue to help us deliver aid to Rohingya refugees and displaced families in need. Your support brings them hope for brighter days.

“Whoever relieves the hardship of a believer in this world, Allah will relieve his hardship on the Day of Resurrection. Whoever helps ease one in difficulty, Allah will make it easy for him in this world and in the Hereafter..."

– Prophet Muhammad ‫ﷺ‬

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