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NGO Work: Rohingya

  • Children participate in GEMS Youth Curriculum at a Women Friendly Space in a Rohingya refugee camp June 29, 2018 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Allison Joyce/UNFPA
  • COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - JANUARY 14: Rohingya refugees are seen in Balukhali camp on January 14, 2018 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Over 650,000 Rohingya have crossed the border to Bangladesh since August last year, fleeing the violence at Rakhine State when their villages were attacked and many worry that they will face further reprisals if they return to Myanmar. The refugee camps in Bangladesh no longer seem temporary as thousands of tents made of plastic and bamboo spread across the undulating terrain and long wooden bridges connect parts of the camps divided by water. Existing camps such as Nayapara and Kutupalong have swelled to accommodate the new arrivals since the Myanmar military began its campaign in late August while the Rohingya queue for hours to get rations due to little access to clean water, health care or food and the refugee camps turn into mud-baths whenever it rains. International aid groups and health workers have estimated at least 6,700 Rohingya had met with violent deaths and warn of potential outbreaks of cholera and other preventable diseases due to squalid conditions. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
  • Asa Britta Torkelsson and Fathema Sultana are seen in a Rohingya refuge camp June 26, 2018 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Allison Joyce/UNFPA
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  • UN Secretary General António Guterresvisits a Rohingya refugee camp July 2, 2018 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Allison Joyce/UNFPA
  • Filippo Grandi, Commissioner of UNHCR, Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank, UN Secretary General António Guterres, and Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of UNFPA, visit a UNFPA Women Friendly Space in a Rohingya refugee camp July 2, 2018 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Allison Joyce/UNFPA
  • Aziz * is seen outside his shelter. Aziz* is a Rohingya refugee boy who lives with his family in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Aziz* and his family arrived in Cox’s Bazar nine months ago, after fleeing violence in Myanmar.
  • Women wait for donations in Balukhali camp March 6, 2018 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo by Allison Joyce for UN Women
  • Women and girl Rohingya Refugees participate in International Women's Day at a Women's Center in Balukhali camp March 8, 2018 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo by Allison Joyce for UN Women
  • Tasnema, who is 3 months pregnant, is seen by a midwife at a health center in Nayapara Rohingya refugee camp June 27, 2018 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Allison Joyce/UNFPA
  • Salima Khatum labors at a health center in Nayapara Rohingya refugee camp June 27, 2018 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Allison Joyce/UNFPA
  • Women and girls from both Rohingya and host community celebrate World Refugee Day June 28, 2018 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Allison Joyce/UNFPA
  • Sonzida (blue hijab) and Tosnim (red hijab) gather water to bring to a Women Friendly Space in a Rohingya refugee camp June 29, 2018 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Allison Joyce/UNFPA
  • Women are seen at the Women's Center in Balukhali camp March 5, 2018 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo by Allison Joyce for UN Women
  • People are seen in Balukhali camp March 6, 2018 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo by Allison Joyce for UN Women
  • UN Women Executive Director, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka meets with women at an Action Aid Women Friendly Space in Balukhali Rohingya Refugee camp February 1, 2018 in Chittagong district, Bangladesh. UN Women/Allison Joyce
  • UN Women Executive Director, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka walks in Balukhali Rohingya Refugee camp February 1, 2018 in Chittagong district, Bangladesh. UN Women/Allison Joyce
  • Women are seen at an ACF donation point In Balukhali Rohingya Refugee camp February 1, 2018 in Chittagong district, Bangladesh. UN Women/Allison Joyce
  • Women train as tailors at an Action Aid Women Friendly Space in Balukhali Rohingya Refugee camp February 1, 2018 in Chittagong district, Bangladesh. UN Women/Allison Joyce
  • Mother Rohana Begum (25) (center in light pink scarf) baby Khotija (2.5 months), grandmother Toslima (56) (center in dark pink scarf), siblings Mohammed Haque (3), Asmara Bibi (6) and Rohara (7) pose for a photo September 30, 2018 in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Rohana was brought to the PHCC when she started hemorrhaging immediately after childbirth. When she was stabilised, the PHCC team put her in an ambulance and took her to a hospital, where she received emergency treatment. She made a full recovery. Now, Rohana and Khotija are doing well. They have been back to the PHCC several times for checkups, and Rohana is very happy with the care they have received. Rohana thinks she would have died if it had not been for Save the Children. They now tell other Rohingya women to give birth in the maternity ward at the PHCC, because it is safe and they can receive emergency treatment if needed.
  • Nurnahar, 35, is seen at the Women'c Center in Balukhali camp March 5, 2018 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo by Allison Joyce for UN Women
  • COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - JANUARY 12: Rohingya refugees are seen in Balukhali camp on January 12, 2018 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Over 650,000 Rohingya have crossed the border to Bangladesh since August last year, fleeing the violence at Rakhine State when their villages were attacked and many worry that they will face further reprisals if they return to Myanmar. The refugee camps in Bangladesh no longer seem temporary as thousands of tents made of plastic and bamboo spread across the undulating terrain and long wooden bridges connect parts of the camps divided by water. Existing camps such as Nayapara and Kutupalong have swelled to accommodate the new arrivals since the Myanmar military began its campaign in late August while the Rohingya queue for hours to get rations due to little access to clean water, health care or food and the refugee camps turn into mud-baths whenever it rains. International aid groups and health workers have estimated at least 6,700 Rohingya had met with violent deaths and warn of potential outbreaks of cholera and other preventable diseases due to squalid conditions. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
  • People attend a Save The Children food donation program October 4, 2018 in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
  • Sufaida Begum poses for a photo with her children Mohammed Hassen (right) and Shahanj (left) with food donated by Save The Children October 4, 2018 in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
  • COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - JANUARY 19: High heels are seen as prayer takes place on January 19, 2018 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. In the refugee settlement of Balukhali, over 116 widows and orphans have found shelter within a dense settlement of 50 red tents where no men or boys over the age of 10 years old are allowed. More than 655,000 Muslim Rohingya have crossed the border into Bangladesh since August last year, when they fled Rakhine state after the Myanmar military launched a brutal crackdown which was described by the United Nations as {quote}ethnic cleansing{quote}. Women and girls reportedly make about 51 percent of the distressed and traumatized Rohingya population in the refugee camps and face a high risk of being victims of human trafficking and sexual abuse, while adolescent girls aged between 13 and 20 risk getting involved in forced marriages. Many of the Rohingya women travelled alone after their husbands had been killed or taken away during the attacks on Rohingya villages as many continue to fear returning home due to the lack of security guarantees. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
  • COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - JANUARY 19: Women pose for a photo January 19, 2018 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. In the refugee settlement of Balukhali, over 116 widows and orphans have found shelter within a dense settlement of 50 red tents where no men or boys over the age of 10 years old are allowed. More than 655,000 Muslim Rohingya have crossed the border into Bangladesh since August last year, when they fled Rakhine state after the Myanmar military launched a brutal crackdown which was described by the United Nations as {quote}ethnic cleansing{quote}. Women and girls reportedly make about 51 percent of the distressed and traumatized Rohingya population in the refugee camps and face a high risk of being victims of human trafficking and sexual abuse, while adolescent girls aged between 13 and 20 risk getting involved in forced marriages. Many of the Rohingya women travelled alone after their husbands had been killed or taken away during the attacks on Rohingya villages as many continue to fear returning home due to the lack of security guarantees. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
  • Sanura Begum is seen at an MSF clinic near Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp January 24, 2018 in Chittagong district, Bangladesh. Allison Joyce for NPR.
  • Patients are treated at the Samaritan's Purse diphtheria clinic in Balukhali Rohingya refugee camp January 23, 2018 in Chittagong district, Bangladesh. Allison Joyce for NPR.
  • Arwa poses for a photo at a UNFPA Women Friendly Space June 28, 2018 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Allison Joyce/UNFPA
  • Khushnuma poses for a photo at a UNFPA Women Friendly Space June 28, 2018 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Allison Joyce/UNFPA
  • Nasreen poses for a photo at a UNFPA Women Friendly Space June 28, 2018 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Allison Joyce/UNFPA
  • Anwar plays during a checkup at the PHCC October 1, 2018 in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Anwar (22 months) is a Rohingya refugee who lives with his mother Rahima and father Mohammed Amin, brother and sister in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. In June 2018, Anwar was admitted to the Save the Children Primary Health Care Centre (PHCC) suffering from symptoms of pneumonia. After three days of treatment, where he received care from Save the Children’s doctors and paramedics, Anwar was discharged from the PHCC. Rahima and Mohammed said that in Myanmar it would take a whole day to get to a hospital, so they didn’t go very often. They are now happy and feel good that they have a good health care centre located close to their home in the camps. They said they want to think Save the Children for all their help, and that if they return to Myanmar they will never forget the help they have received from Save the Children. They said that they would recommend all their friends and neighbours to come to the PHCC because the treatment is good, and there are doctors and nurses.
  • Rohana Begum is seen with her baby Khotija and mother Sufaida Begum September 30, 2018 in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Rohana was brought to the PHCC when she started hemorrhaging immediately after childbirth. When she was stabilised, the PHCC team put her in an ambulance and took her to a hospital, where she received emergency treatment. She made a full recovery. Now, Rohana and Khotija are doing well. They have been back to the PHCC several times for checkups, and Rohana is very happy with the care they have received. Rohana thinks she would have died if it had not been for Save the Children. They now tell other Rohingya women to give birth in the maternity ward at the PHCC, because it is safe and they can receive emergency treatment if needed.
  • Staff works at the PHCC October 1, 2018 in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. The 20 bed Primary Health Care Centre has a structure that includes a maternity unity, a pharmacy, separate buildings for triage, inpatients and outpatients, and its own water tower and generator. The centre is the only one in the area to provide 24/7 in-patient care and will serve a population of 20,000 people, both Rohingya refugees and host community. The centre runs 24 hours 7 days a week, and is also accessible for ambulances, which bring patients referred from facilities without capacity to keep patients overnight.
  • Momtaz plays with her baby Kayas October 2, 2018 in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Baby Kayas was malnourished and treated at the Save The Children clinic.
  • People carry food bags from a Save The Children food donation program October 4, 2018 in the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
  • Girls carry firewood in Balukhali camp March 5, 2018 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo by Allison Joyce for UN Women
  • A woman is seen In Balukhali Rohingya Refugee camp February 1, 2018 in Chittagong district, Bangladesh. UN Women/Allison Joyce
  • Mairead Maguire and Tawakkol Karman meet with Rohingya in {quote}No Man's Land{quote} February 27, 2018 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo by Allison Joyce for Nobel Women
  • Shirin Ebadi, Mairead Maguire and Tawakkol Karman meet with Rohingya in Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp February 26, 2018 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo by Allison Joyce for Nobel Women
  • Shirin Ebadi, Mairead Maguire and Tawakkol Karman meet with Rohingya survivors of gender based violence in Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp February 26, 2018 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo by Allison Joyce for Nobel Women
  • COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - JANUARY 12: The sun sets over Balukhali camp on January 12, 2018 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Over 650,000 Rohingya have crossed the border to Bangladesh since August last year, fleeing the violence at Rakhine State when their villages were attacked and many worry that they will face further reprisals if they return to Myanmar. The refugee camps in Bangladesh no longer seem temporary as thousands of tents made of plastic and bamboo spread across the undulating terrain and long wooden bridges connect parts of the camps divided by water. Existing camps such as Nayapara and Kutupalong have swelled to accommodate the new arrivals since the Myanmar military began its campaign in late August while the Rohingya queue for hours to get rations due to little access to clean water, health care or food and the refugee camps turn into mud-baths whenever it rains. International aid groups and health workers have estimated at least 6,700 Rohingya had met with violent deaths and warn of potential outbreaks of cholera and other preventable diseases due to squalid conditions. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
  • COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - JANUARY 13: A Rohingya refugee is measured at a malnutrition center in Balukhali camp on January 13, 2018 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Over 650,000 Rohingya have crossed the border to Bangladesh since August last year, fleeing the violence at Rakhine State when their villages were attacked and many worry that they will face further reprisals if they return to Myanmar. The refugee camps in Bangladesh no longer seem temporary as thousands of tents made of plastic and bamboo spread across the undulating terrain and long wooden bridges connect parts of the camps divided by water. Existing camps such as Nayapara and Kutupalong have swelled to accommodate the new arrivals since the Myanmar military began its campaign in late August while the Rohingya queue for hours to get rations due to little access to clean water, health care or food and the refugee camps turn into mud-baths whenever it rains. International aid groups and health workers have estimated at least 6,700 Rohingya had met with violent deaths and warn of potential outbreaks of cholera and other preventable diseases due to squalid conditions. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
  • COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - JANUARY 21: Jamalida is seen in her makeshift house that she shares with 4 other refugees on January 21, 2017 in Kutalong Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Jamalida, who is 16 years old, came to Bangladesh 1 month ago from Shilkhali village in Myanmar. She says that one day in December the military moved into her village and started occupying the mosque and beating or killing whoever came in. {quote}One day they attacked our home. I wasn't able to flee in time and they caught me and tied my hands and legs with rope. For 3 hours, 4 soldiers took turns raping me until I lost consciousness.{quote} When she woke up she fled to Bangladesh, where she made her way to Kutalapong refugee camp. {quote}I never had peace in Burma and this last incident was horrible. Here, I feel peace. I can sleep well here, I can go outside safely. In Burma, I couldn't go outside and I wasn't safe in my home. We don't have enough food here, but at least we have peace.{quote} she says {quote}Every night when I sleep I have nightmares and I relive the rape again” Over 65,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar since October last year, many speaking of extrajudicial killings, rape and arson perpetrated by the Myanmar military. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
  • A woman is seen in Balukhali camp March 6, 2018 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo by Allison Joyce for UN Women
  • COX'S BAZAR, BANGLADESH - JANUARY 19: Asma cooks on January 19, 2018 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Asma came from Buthidaung township in Burma. The military torched the houses in her village and killed her husband. She walked for 7 days to Bangladesh, carrying her two children, while she was 6 months pregnant. She gave birth in a shack in the jungle 5 days after she arrived in Bangladesh. In the refugee settlement of Balukhali, over 116 widows and orphans have found shelter within a dense settlement of 50 red tents where no men or boys over the age of 10 years old are allowed. More than 655,000 Muslim Rohingya have crossed the border into Bangladesh since August last year, when they fled Rakhine state after the Myanmar military launched a brutal crackdown which was described by the United Nations as {quote}ethnic cleansing{quote}. Women and girls reportedly make about 51 percent of the distressed and traumatized Rohingya population in the refugee camps and face a high risk of being victims of human trafficking and sexual abuse, while adolescent girls aged between 13 and 20 risk getting involved in forced marriages. Many of the Rohingya women travelled alone after their husbands had been killed or taken away during the attacks on Rohingya villages as many continue to fear returning home due to the lack of security guarantees. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
  • Senuara, 17, is seen in Balukhali camp March 6, 2018 in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo by Allison Joyce for UN Women
  • People are seen January 21, 2018 in Hakimpara Rohingya refugee camp in Chittagong district, Bangladesh. Allison Joyce for NPR.
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