Rohingya children in refugee camp classroom

Thank you from Cox’s Bazar

Thanks to your donation, volunteers like Anup can help protect refugees from COVID-19 and help keep children learning with their Big Sisters in the safety of their shelters.

Volunteer Anup shares how he is working in Cox’s Bazar to stop the spread of COVID-19 and help refugee children get an education whilst in lockdown.

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Volunteers wear masks while teaching COVID-19 safety awareness
Anup Goon

Volunteering in the Rohingya refugee camps during COVID-19

Bangladesh is one of the worst-hit countries in Asia for COVID-19, and its densly-populated Rohingya refugee camps have been highlighted as one of the highest-risk areas by the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC). Anup Goon shares what he is seeing on the ground and how volunteers like him are fighting to prevent a catastrophic outbreak in the camps. 

Two young Rohingya boys sit on the floor of a child-friendly centre in the Cox's Bazar camp, drawing with colouring pencils

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Building resilient education systems in fragile spaces.

Members of a women’s farmer group tend to their communal crops in Durgapur Village, Rangpur, North West Bangladesh. The farmers group is part of the ‘Growing Together Programme’ - a three year partnership between VSO and Syngenta.

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We work across all of Bangladesh's 30 districts, building healthy communities, strengthening inclusive education systems, and supporting people to develop secure and resilient livelihoods.