Tube Wells for Rohingya Refugees
Water is a big problem in the Rohingya refugee camps. Women and children are usually tasked with fetching water. They often have to walk long distances to wait in lengthy queues to fill their containers. Over the past year #HANDS4ROHINGYA have built 10 tube wells in the Rohingya refugee camps, each one serving approximately 70…
ROHINGYA FIRE EMERGENCY APPEAL
A massive fire has ripped through the Rohingya camps devastating thousands of shelters. People were trapped by barbed wire when they tried to flee. An unknown number of people have died. Many are missing. Families have lost everything. Past fires have left Rohingya with little help. We have people on the ground to get your…
Rohingya Lockdown Appeal
In March of this year, Rohingya refugees. like the rest of us, were face the threat of coronavirus. But unlike us, they are living in cramped shelters with little food and extremely limited access to healthcare. Development activities have been halted in the camps as organisations have had their access restricted and the price of…
Another #School4Rohingya
Last year you met Halim. At the age of 12, he had been forced to flee his home in Myanmar. He was able to carry with him just one precious possession. He chose to carry his school books. He carried his books miles through the mud to the border of Bangladesh. But once there he…
Omar Faisal Received Operation for Hydrocephalus
A big thanks to everyone who helped us raise awareness and donated to our campaign to #HelpOmarFaisal. We are delighted to announce that he has now received his operation and is being discharged from hospital today. For more information please read the press release below. We are still raising funds to assist Omar Faisal and…
Help Omar Faisal
This is six-year-old Omar Faisal. He has just recovered from a bout of pneumonia in hospital. And today, June 20, World Refugee Day, he is returning to the plastic and bamboo home he shares with his parents and siblings in one of the world’s largest refugee camps – the Rohingya camps of Bangladesh. He is…
Buy Rohingya Made Furniture for Rohingya Home Classes
Thousands of Rohingya refugees living in the camps in Bangladesh struggle to get access to education. Now a motivated group of Rohingya young adults, with some teaching experience prior to fleeing Myanmar, have started an initiative to help educate their youth themselves. They are voluntarily setting up classes, in their own homes, for a few…
Buy School Books for Rohingya Students
Thousands of Rohingya refugees living in the camps in Bangladesh struggle to get access to education, in particular secondary school education. Now a motivated group of Rohingya young adults, with some teaching experience prior to fleeing Myanmar, have taken the initiative to help educate their youth themselves. They are voluntarily setting up classes, in their…
Testimony Tailors Rohingya Sewing Cooperative
Testimony Tailors is a Rohingya sewing cooperative formed by survivors of rape and massacres who had been donated sewing machines and then stated to meet and sew together. #Hands4Rohingya is supporting these women as they form and grow their cooperative through the launch of an online shop. It is a unique store with a difference, the first in…
#School4Rohingya Now Open
Halim, age 12, had to flee Myanmar. He was only able to bring one precious thing with him. He chose to bring his school books. He walked through the mud to the border with Bangladesh, carrying his books in the hope of continuing his studies. One year later Halim still didn’t have a school and…