During the monsoon season, the tents and temporary accommodation usually gets destroyed and damaged. Majlis Al Falah has built housing in more stable areas in Coxs bazaar with materials which will be withstand the difficult weather conditions. In visits we have seen that in the small space they were making food to eat, sleep and use outdoor toilets, they had no electricity, no clean water and the floor they are staying in is wet.The conditions are terrible and inhabitable, unsanitary and diseases/illnesses are more likely to happen and spread in these conditions. This is why we decided to build better accommodation for the people there.
The Rohingya community has been suffering from ongoing poverty and dire living conditions which is going to have a multigenerational impact.
Recently there has been an extra request for help due to a fire in the Rohingya refugee camp in Coxs Bazaar in Bangladesh. Thankfully, the accommodation that we built was not affected but this does highlight the need to move away from wooden housing options so that they are more weather friendly in a country prone to wet conditions or fires. 12,000+ Rohingya have been left without shelter and the fire has burnt down homes, medical facilities , education centres and mosques.
See an article about the disater here
