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As Bangladesh’s most vulnerable countries face an emergency in addition to the emergency, UNHCR continues to provide assistance and in increasingly difficult conditions.The refugees themselves are at the forefront of this response.
Volunteer refugees are at the forefront and responding to emergencies in Bangladesh.2.6 million Bangladeshis and some 860,000 Rohingya refugees live in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, facing the double risk of COVID-19 and the monsoon season.
UNHCR continues to provide assistance and facilities to Bangladesh.Refugees are at the heart of preparedness and reaction planning; However, its role has become even more critical in the COVID-19 pandemic, with 80% relief from humanitarian actors in the camps to reduce the threat of further transmission of the virus.Teams of about 3,000 trained volunteer lifeguards lead their own communities and take care of rescue measures.
Salma, a Rohingya refugee trained as a networked fitness worker, visits a family in her network to become aware of COVID-19.© UNHCR
Community outreach volunteers like Saidul are essential to deliver data to refugees living in camps in Bangladesh. A volunteer visits a circle of relatives in the Charkmakul refugee camp, January 26, 2020 © UNHCR / Vincent Tremeau
Raising network awareness of smart hygiene practices is a component of our prevention and reaction efforts opposed to COVID-19.© UNHCR / Louise Donovan
“People tell us they’re afraid. They have heard how harmful the disease is and also that many other people around the world are dying,” says Saidul Karim, one of the Rohingya refugees trained to go door-to-door to the percentage of physical fitness and hygiene information, look for symptoms of illness, record births and deaths, and act as a bridge between refugee communities and fitness facilities.
Like Saidul, Salma spends her days taking a safe haven at a shelter to verify her network.They are among the 1,440 network fitness staff trained through UNHCR and WHO.They stop at many families each week and send suspicious cases for testing and treatment.
Community outreach volunteers should provide data to refugees living in camps in Bangladesh, and add why it is vital to get tested and how to prevent the spread of the disease.
In addition, UNHCR has followed a community-led technique in which refugees choose spaces of paramount importance to them, provide them with appliances and resources and implement precedence activities, which is also essential to reduce the presence of humanitarian actors in the camps the COVID-19 pandemic.
UNHCR and its partners are also working to provide the Government of Bangladesh to fight COVID-19 by strengthening capacity to meet the fitness wishes of the host network and refugees.
We opened the first two isolation and treatment centers for severe acute respiratory infections (EICS) in Cox’s Bazar district, and UNHCR also supported the opening of the first intensive care and superior dependency unit (ICU/HDU) at Cox’s Bazar Hospital to treat critical patients.© UNHCR / Louise Donovan
Cox’s Bazar’s frontline fitness staff prepare for action at IRAG’s new ITC UNHCR in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar.The humanitarian network intends to prepare a total of 1,900 ITC IRAG beds for refugees and the reception network in Cox’s Bazar district.© UNHCR / Louise Donovan
Bangladesh has experienced exceptional degrees of rainfall in recent weeks.From the starting of the monsoon season in early June to the provide day, just about 84,000 refugees have been affected through incidents such as soil erosion and landslides, floods, winds and storms.More than 7,600 other folks were forced to temporarily relocate due to hurt to shelters, whilst maximum returned to their shelters inside of days after the shelters were repaired.
As heavy rains continued, UNHCR emergency reaction groups were deployed to assess damage, maintenance and distributions to affected families.
Shelters in Bangladesh want to strengthen themselves in the face of rain and wind.A general distribution of waterproof tarboards is being made to all families.Hasta la fecha, más de 67.000 familias de refugiados han recibido lonas alquitranadas, mientras que continúan las distribuciones.
Volunteer refugees are struggling to stabilize the slopes while more materials have been placed.
Volunteer refugees trained through UNHCR and its partners are at the forefront of emergency response, raise awareness of the dangers of bad weather and better help families.
Emergency response groups have been deployed to assess the damage, provide assistance to families who were forced to relocate temporarily, repair shelters and sites, and ensure access to facilities for all. of an emergency.
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While Rohingya refugees face the emergency in addition to the emergency, their assistance ensures that UNHCR can mitigate the spread of COVID-19 while responding to the monsoon season ram and ensures that critical activities continue, adding fitness, nutrition, hygiene promotion, and fitness construction.WASH services and infrastructure, as well as key distributions such as food, LPG and hygiene kits.
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