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USAID announces $75mn assistance for Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar

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Published: 16:04, 26 January 2023   Update: 16:05, 26 January 2023
USAID announces $75mn assistance for Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar

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The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced an additional $75 million in humanitarian assistance to help Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar and the host community to meet their needs for food and fuel.

With this new funding, USAID will work with the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) to provide critically needed food and nutrition assistance, infrastructure maintenance, disaster risk reduction and logistics support, reports a press release.

This new funding will provide critical and life-saving assistance to nearly 600,000 people in the Rohingya community.

The food and nutrition assistance includes electronic vouchers for staple and fresh foods at designated distribution sites as well as support to feeding programs for malnourished children six months to five years of age and pregnant and lactating women, it said.

These programs will target populations residing in 33 refugee camps and 130 sites in the local Bangladeshi community.

In addition, through disaster risk reduction programming, WFP will work with the community to maintain and improve public infrastructure within the camps.

Bangladesh hosts nearly one million Rohingya refugees. More than 774,000 refugees were forced to flee their homes in Rakhine State six years ago after members of Burma’s military mounted a campaign of genocide, ethnic cleansing and other horrific atrocities and abuses against Rohingyas.

The majority of these refugees are living in one of the world’s largest refugee camps in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar District.

The United States is committed to helping the Rohingyas, and USAID will continue to support them in their time of need, as well as the generous communities in Bangladesh.

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