Monsoon Floods – Emergency Relief for Rohingya Refugees in Cox's Bazar

Torrential monsoon rains have hit Cox's Bazar in south-eastern Bangladesh — home to the largest refugee settlement on earth. More than a million Rohingya, who already fled violence and persecution in Myanmar, live here in fragile shelters of bamboo and tarpaulin on steep, overcrowded hillsides. Now the floodwaters are sweeping away the little they have left.

A crisis on top of a crisis

Every monsoon season, flash floods and landslides tear through the camps. Shelters collapse, footpaths turn to rivers, and wells and latrines are contaminated within hours. Families lose their bedding, cooking supplies and food overnight. Standing water and polluted drinking sources fuel outbreaks of cholera, diarrhoea and skin disease — and children are always the first to suffer.

How your donation helps

With your support, our local partners on the ground can respond immediately where the need is greatest:

• Clean drinking water and purification supplies to prevent disease
• Emergency food parcels for families who have lost everything
• Shelter repair kits — tarpaulin, bamboo and rope to rebuild damaged homes
• Hygiene and dignity kits for women, children and the elderly
• Basic medical care and treatment for waterborne illness

Stand with the Rohingya today

The Rohingya have endured more than most of us can imagine — and now the rains threaten to take even their shelter. A single donation can bring clean water, a dry place to sleep and hope to a family facing the storm. Please give what you can — together, we can make sure no family faces the floods alone.