BANGLADESH
context
Since October 2016, nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees have fled political persecution in Rakhine State, Myanmar into neighboring Bangladesh. With insufficient access to basic support and services, just 47% of children and a mere 3% of adolescents living in these camps have access to education.
The gaps in provision are illustrative of the sheer lack of capacity among local level organizations to cope with the scale and severity of the response, and underscore an urgent need for funding and personnel support to these organizations.
BANGLADESH IN NUMBERS
1M
Rohingya refugees have fled political persecution in Rakhine State, Myanmar into neighboring Bangladesh
900,000
Of the refugees who have arrived to the camps in Cox's Bazar are children - more than 50%
47%
Of children and a mere 3% of adolescents living in refugee camps have access to education
what we are doing
Street Child is a critical actor in the crisis response. In recognition of our rigorous approach to capacity strengthening and commitment to localization, we are working with national organizations to increase local level capacities to respond to educational needs at the request of the United Nations Education Cluster. Our support will increase the number of actors able to respond to educational needs in emergencies, and offers a proven partnership model in humanitarian emergencies that catalyzes a shift towards scaling locally-led, self-sufficient and sustainable responses.
Since 2018 Street Child has partnered with nine local organizations in Bangladesh to respond to the refugee crisis, providing immediate surge support and capacity strengthening support to our partners to ensure the quality of the response keeps up with its scale.
Street Child is supporting Rohingya refugee children by providing access to both face-to-face and remote education in Cox’s Bazar and on Bhasan Char Island. We are one of the very first INGOs providing access to remote education on Bhasan Char Island, using solar-based audio devices to provide educational content that does not require internet or electricity. Community volunteers and social mobilizers are supporting the team to ensure that children are learning without barriers.
Additionally, we are running a gender-responsive learning center in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar, to ensure that Rohingya refugee children receive face-to-face learning. Two teachers and a team of office staff are supporting children to create positive learning outcomes.
Street Child is leading localization work in Bangladesh by ensuring that local actors have access to adequate funding, enhancing their leadership qualities and ability to advocate within different sectors and to donors, and making connections between them and the national and global authorities to ensure they have a voice in decision-making. We also provide capacity-building support using Street Child’s organizational development tool. Currently our 15 local partners across Dhaka, Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar are providing education, child protection, mental health support and life skills to marginalized children and local communities.
Bangladesh will be one of the countries most affected by climate change in the next few decades. In line with Street Child’s global strategy, we are tackling climate change by working with local organizations to respond to affected communities, supporting them to implement low-resource but high-impact solutions.
Organizationally, we are maintaining zero use of plastic in program areas as well as employing green gardening to protect the environment and make people aware of the importance of climate protection.
IMPACT IN BANGLADESH
314
Schools established
1,279
Children reached with programs such as mental health support
1,158
Adults reached across all programs
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