UK announces additional 拢4.5 million funding for the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh
This additional support will provide food, water, sanitation, and child protection to Rohingya refugees and host communities.
The United Kingdom is contributing an additional 拢4.5 million to sustain the Rohingya refugee response in Bangladesh, lifting its funding from the start of the crisis in August 2017 to a total of 拢345 million. This additional support to WFP (拢3m) and UNICEF (拢1.5m) will provide food, water, sanitation, and child protection to Rohingya refugees and host communities in Cox鈥檚 Bazar and Bhasan Char.
British High Commissioner Robert Chatterton Dickson said
鈥淭he UK remains committed to supporting Rohingya refugees and their host communities in Bangladesh. This new UK assistance will provide vital food, water, sanitation, and protection to Rohingya refugees and host communities in Cox鈥檚 Bazar and Bhasan Char.
鈥淭he UK continues to push for a long-term solution that will enable the Rohingya to return to Myanmar on a safe, voluntary and dignified basis, when the conditions there allow. We will continue to provide support to the Rohingya whilst they remain in Bangladesh.鈥�
This new UK support will provide
- Food assistance to 219,000 Rohingya refugees
- Water, sanitation and hygiene facilities for 46,000 Rohingya refugees
- 8,500 menstrual hygiene kits for Rohingya women and adolescent girls
- Protection support to 1,500 children and adolescents from the refugee camps and host communities
Further information
British High Commission Dhaka
United Nations Road
Baridhara
Dhaka - 1212
Bangladesh
Email: [email protected]
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