In the Rohingya refugee camps of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, a family's day begins before sunrise with the walk to collect water. Most people in the camps can access only about 5 gallons of clean water per day, roughly 30 times less than the average American uses. And "access" doesn't mean easy: women and children wait in long lines in extreme heat, then carry heavy jugs home, sometimes multiple times a day.
BRAC's WASH program is working to change that. Through community-managed safe water points and solar-powered purification systems, each capable of producing 500 liters of safe water per hour, BRAC is expanding access to clean water and tackling the respiratory infections, chronic diarrhea, and malnutrition that affect as many as half of the Rohingya people.
This video is part of A week with the Rohingya, our campaign running June 12–18 in recognition of World Refugee Day. Each day, our colleagues Uday and Sidra are taking you inside a different aspect of daily life in Cox's Bazar, home to the world's largest refugee camp, where over a million Rohingya refugees shelter. BRAC has the largest presence of any NGO in these camps, and 100% of gifts to this campaign go directly to BRAC programming there.
Follow along as our colleagues take you inside the refugee camps in Cox's Bazar for A Week with the Rohingya.
Make a gift to improve daily life for Rohingya people.
100% of gifts go directly to the Rohingya refugee camps, where BRAC has the largest presence of any NGO and invests directly in Rohingya-led solutions.
