CCNF Urges UNHCR to Ensure Implementation through Local Organizations: China Pledges USD 2.5 Million for LPG Support to Rohingya Refugees
China Pledges USD 2.5 Million for LPG Support to Rohingya Refugees CCNF Urges UNHCR to Ensure Implementation through Local Organizations Cox’s Bazar, 15 December 2025: The People’s Republic of China has announced a significant humanitarian contribution of USD 2.5 million to be channeled through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Bangladesh to […]
Rights groups urge support for Rohingya and political solutions
International Seminar at Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week (RHPW) 2025 in Bangkok Rights groups urge support for Rohingya and political solutions. Bangkok, 9 December 2025: Civil society leaders and humanitarian experts across the Asia-Pacific have stressed the critical need to protect and support the Rohingya refugee in Bangladesh and beyond until their safe, dignitary and voluntary […]
UNHCR Partnership Practices and Undermining of Local Capacity in Rohingya Response
COAST Foundation, 30 November 2025, Draft Position Paper UNHCR Partnership Practices and Undermining of Local Capacity in Rohingya Response Background The Rohingya crisis remains one of the world’s largest and most protracted humanitarian emergencies. Over one million Rohingya refugees currently live in camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, after fleeing persecution and violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine […]
Excluding Local NGOs from UNHCR’s 2026–2029 partnership undermines their capacity
Local stakeholders say NGOs outside Cox’s Bazar must partner with local NGOs Excluding Local NGOs from UNHCR’s 2026–2029 partnership undermines their capacity Cox’s Bazar, 25 November 2025: Today, the Cox’s Bazar CSO NGO Forum (CCNF) organized a press conference at the Cox’s Bazar Press Club under the banner titled “UNHCR Undermines Local Organizations’ Capacity in […]
Reset Rohingya Response : Engage Local NGOs for Low-Cost Management
In the 8-year of Rohingya crisis, funding has become a significant challenge for the Rohingya. As of September 2015, only 38% funding requirements have been met. The USA government has reduced 72% and similarly, the UK government has reduced 48% of its funds than 2024. To minimise this gap, Bangladesh government has increased funding to […]
Looming Water Crisis in Cox’s Bazar : Risking lives
Ukhiya and Teknaf sub-districts of Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh are facing an escalating water crisis driven by rapid population growth, excessive groundwater extraction, saline intrusion and inadequate water infrastructure. Host communities are increasingly struggling to access safe and sufficient water, while deteriorating groundwater levels pose severe risks to health and livelihoods. COAST commissioned a study […]
From Waste to Energy : Turning a Crisis into Opportunity
The Rohingya influx in Cox’s Bazar has placed immense pressure on already fragile waste management systems. Host communities, which had no structured waste management facilities, now face mounting environmental, health, and social challenges. The combined waste has reached unsustainable levels, creating urgent risks to public health and water security. COAST study outlines a possible solution […]
Reducing operational costs for Rohingya response is possible : Bangladeshi CSOs takeaways in the UN Rohingya Conference, 30 September 2025 in New York
Dhaka, 25 September 2025: Bangladesh is currently hosting 1,156,001 Rohingya refugees who fled genocide by the Myanmar military. Now in its 8th year, the Rohingya crisis faces a severe funding shortfall, with only 38% of requirements met as of September 2025. Recent cuts in U.S. funding have deepened the crisis, threatening lifesaving support. At a […]
Demand for UN investment in the restoration of safe water and arable land in Cox’s Bazar : COAST Foundation’s dialogue ahead of UN Rohingya conference in USA on 30 September
Demand for UN investment in the restoration of safe water and arable land in Cox’s Bazar COAST Foundation’s dialogue ahead of UN Rohingya conference in USA on 30 September Cox’s Bazar, 20 September 2025: Ahead of the upcoming UN conference on the Rohingya issue on 30 September, a press conference was organized by COAST Foundation […]
কক্সবাজারে সুপেয় পানি ও আবাদী জমি পুনরুদ্ধারে জাতিসংঘের বিনিয়োগের দাবি : ৩০ সেপ্টেম্বর জাতিসংঘ রোহিঙ্গা সম্মেলনের আগে কোস্ট ফাউন্ডেশনের মতবিনিময় সভা।
কক্সবাজারে সুপেয় পানি ও আবাদী জমি পুনরুদ্ধারে জাতিসংঘের বিনিয়োগের দাবি ৩০ সেপ্টেম্বর জাতিসংঘ রোহিঙ্গা সম্মেলনের আগে কোস্ট ফাউন্ডেশনের মতবিনিময় সভা। কক্সবাজার, ২০ সেপ্টেম্বর ২০২৫: আসন্ন ৩০ সেপ্টেম্বর জাতিসংঘে রোহিঙ্গা বিষয়ক সম্মেলনের আগে কক্সবাজার শহরের অরুণোদয় স্কুলের অডিটরিয়ামে কোস্ট ফাউন্ডেশনের উদ্যোগে আয়োজিত মতবিনিময় সভা ও সংবাদ সম্মেলনে বক্তারা সুপেয় পানি সংকট নিরসন, আবাদী জমি পুনরুদ্ধার ও […]