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Rohingya refugee crisis: One year on, children still living in limbo

One year after arriving in Bangladesh, 890,000 children and adults are still living in limbo in the world’s largest refugee camp.
dignified and sustainable return of refugees. Until conditions are in … Humanitarian Crisis targeting 1.3 million refugees and host community members is only 33 per

Summer Appeal

This summer we desperately need to help children and families around the world who have been forced to flee their homes due to terrifying violence, poverty or disaster. Our focus is on providing the most basic human needs.
along with helping to improve refugees’ lives through education and jobs training.

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MYANMAR - Child refugee | Arriving in Bangladesh, many children have lost parents and are scared, hungry and alone. They’re living in makeshift camps with little access to food, clean water or medical care. They’re facing the threat of malnutrition and disease. (February 2018)
the news about the hundreds of thousands of refugees who’ve fled from the unimaginable violence

Monsoon rains trigger landslides, wreak havoc for refugees in Cox’s Bazar

Torrential downpours have triggered flooding and landslides in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, damaging hundreds of refugee shelters and killing several people including a toddler, according to government reports.
refugees. Refugees were also hired through … refugees who had already been living in Cox’s Bazar … refugees in the camps face direct danger of their

Hundreds of child soldiers released from armed groups in South Sudan

More than 250 child soldiers associated with South Sudan’s numerous fighting groups will be released today following the successful intervention of World Vision and other aid agencies.
both as refugees and internally displaced persons.

Thousands of Syrian refugees face winter hunger in Lebanon as funding lines freeze

International children’s charity, World Vision, has scaled up efforts to support Syrian families camped out in Lebanon as winter takes hold in the refugee settlements.
agencies to cover the needs of vulnerable refugees and Lebanese affected by the Syria Crisis … North Lebanon to provide refugees living in over 250 informal tented

World Vision condemns eviction of displaced people in Somalia

International children’s charity World Vision has denounced a government offensive against internally displaced people on the outskirts of the Somali capital, Mogadishu.

A healthier 2018 for Harech

Sajeda’s had a good start to 2018. Four months since she arrived in Bangladesh with her 18-month-old son, she is now able to breathe a sigh of relief. “My baby is back to his old self – energetic, bubbly and always asking for food,” she smiles. A few days before 2017 ended, she learned that her son, Harech, is no longer severely malnourished.
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World Vision denounces any forced return of refugees to Myanmar

International children’s charity World Vision has joined calls condemning any forced return of refugees who have fled violence in Myanmar.
joined calls condemning any forced return of refugees who have fled violence in Myanmar. Fifteen … declaration calling for the refugees’ guaranteed safety and rights. The

Charity calls on Stratford shoppers to send messages of hope to refugee children

Children’s charity World Vision is asking shoppers to stop at its stall in Stratford and send a message of hope to child refugees in Uganda.
and send a message of hope to child refugees in Uganda. The international charity has … recently brought joy to some of the child refugees when the charity delivered 700 teddy bears

“The war made us come here.”

After fleeing conflict in South Sudan and making the harrowing journey to Uganda, Sarah and her sisters finally feel safe. World Vision found the children a foster mother and child protection staff ensure they have enough to eat.
of lost parents and unimaginable violence. Refugees tell … Find out how you can support our work with refugees from South Sudan.

Threading success: Refugee youth reaping rewards from life skills training

Lillias is among a group of six young refugee women who learned to create brightly coloured beaded handbags, purses, necklaces, earrings and bangles. Within a few weeks, Lillias learned to quickly hook beads onto plastic strings and then hinge them together to make any desired item.
majority of the 1 million South Sudanese refugees in Uganda. With few employment … less frequently or borrow food from other refugees. Realizing the growing

Thousands of refugee children in Bangladesh at risk of trafficking, exploitation and abuse

Thousands of children are at risk of being trafficked, sexually abused or exploited in Bangladesh’s refugee camps, international children’s charity World Vision warns today.
deliver critical humanitarian assistance to refugees and host communities in Bangladesh. … Find out how you can support our appeal for refugees from Myanmar

Bishop of Coventry calls for the protection of women and children who have fled Myanmar

Bishop of Coventry calls for the protection of women and children who have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh
building from the weekend will give the refugees Child friendly spaces give children the … constitute a staggering 58 per cent of all refugees that have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar

Too Young

In the recent crisis, caused by escalating violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, over 500,000 people have crossed the border into Bangladesh, more than half are women and children. An estimated one in five are pregnant or breastfeeding women. Another one in five are children under five. The refugees have had to travel on risky roads with no food, water and little rest. There is little access to clean water or nutritious food for the pregnant women in the densely populated refugee camps.
one in five are children under five. The refugees have had to travel on risky roads with no … on the ground providing food to vulnerable refugees. Find out how you can support our appeal

In Bangladesh's refugee camps, childhoods are being lost

Somsida is only 11 years old, but already she's seen and experienced far too much.

Thousands of children at risk as refugee ration cuts announced in Kenya

Tens of thousands of child refugees in Kenya are at risk of hunger and malnutrition now that food rations have been slashed in half, World Vision warns.
Tens of thousands of child refugees in Kenya are at risk of hunger and … refugees across Kenya. International children’s … refugees in Kakuma refugee camp in partnership with

World Vision joins DEC emergency appeal for people fleeing Myanmar

In recent weeks, more than half a million people have sought refuge in Bangladesh from violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. The majority of them are women and children who identify as Rohingya.

Myanmar crisis: Concerns for children rise as refugee numbers hit 800,000

The number of refugees arriving in Bangladesh from Myanmar has now topped the 800,000 figure, international children's charity, World Vision has said.
The number of refugees arriving in Bangladesh from Myanmar has now … have noted. Some 20 per cent of the refugees are either pregnant or breastfeeding.

Life In The Midst Of Unrest

Arfa fled with her family when violence erupted in Myanmar. The newborn had not been named; 19 days is all that had passed from the time his mother bundled him up, ready to cross the border into Bangladesh, but it seemed like an eternity.