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In October 2016, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) convened a regional workshop on coordinated community engagement in humanitarian action.
An estimated half a million refugees have fled violence from Myanmar’s Rakhine State and are currently in Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh.
As part of International Women’s Day, we look at how a mobile application developed by the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) has been piloted for Rohingya women in Cox’ Bazar.
Highlights
- The Emergency Telecommunications Sector (ETS) is assisting the Communicating with Communities (CwC) Working Group with initiatives to complement the existing set up of the information centres in refugee camps and to expand the coverage of a community radio in Teknaf.
Dear ETC colleagues,
In October and November, the Internews team in Bangladesh, composed of the Asia Humanitarian Adviser and the Internews Bangladesh Country Representative, condu
The outbreak of violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar since August 2017 has displaced the Rohingya population, who have been forced to flee their homes and cross the border to Bangladesh.
It’s a busy day in Kutupalong Registered Camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The entry road is jammed with Rohingya refugees queuing to receive relief goods or trying to take them back home.
The rain is falling heavily in Cox’s Bazar. The ETS team – Alpha Bah, Chief of the ETC, Phyza Jameel, Services for Communities (S4C) advisor, and myself get into a minivan to visit some of the refugee camps and new settlements in the region. The vegetation around is lush and green.