Clean water for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

Since 2017, Bangladesh has seen a large influx of Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution and genocide in Myanmar. Many of the refugees are living in crowed and cramped conditions inside a camp at Cox's Bazaar.

Human Relief Foundation has been supporting these refugees with a number of projects including food provision (feeding over 1,000 Rohingya children every day at our kitchen in the Kutupalong camp), shelter building and providing access to clean, safe water through our wells project. In addition, we have set up a number of vocational training courses to provide a sense of self worth and income for refugees, who arrived in Bangladesh with nothing.

Below are two inspiring stories of how Human Relief Foundation has provided a source of clean water

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Deep Tube Well: Nupara 

Nupara is a small village situated in the Ramu administrative area of Bangladesh containing 25 family households. Like many small villages in the area, there is a scarcity of clean drinking water. 

People of the village had previously relied on a shallow tube well, presenting issues of capacity and demand in the community as well as a conduit for waterborne disease, spreading illness in the village.

Thanks to your donations, Human Relief Foundation has been able to transform the lives of the villagers by installing a new Deep Tube Well, reaching down 800ft to provide a reliable source of safe, clean water for drinking, cooking and sanitary purposes. In addition, the new well is an active water distribution source for local agricultural lands, assisting in successful crop growing.

Deep Tube Well: Rankut Jaitishen High School 

Improving community access to clean sources of water reduces risks to health through waterborne disease, creating time for education and other productive activities. Rankut, situated in Cox’s Bazar - Bangladesh, hosting a community of 35 households and 172 school students, is one such are that had been blighted by poor access to clean water. 

With local access to a clean water supply being scarce, people in the area were forced to bring water in from further away. This was both time consuming and a large expense for the community. 

Thanks to your donations, Human Relief Foundation has been able to transform the lives of the community by installing a new Deep Tube Well by the local High School, reaching down 800ft to provide a reliable source of safe, clean water for drinking, cooking and sanitary purposes. In addition, the new well is an active water source for irrigating community gardens, providing locals a source of sustainable fresh food.