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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…
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…
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…
GRAND BARGAIN ANNUAL MEETING 2024: CALL FOR ACTION
The Grand Bargain (GB) Annual Meeting 2024 was held on October 16-17 in Geneva, bringing together donor countries, UN agencies, I/NGOs, the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, and local actors, who were central to the discussions. The GB Principal and Sherpa, along with ambassadors, reviewed both the progress and challenges of the…
Open Organization is Fundamental for Participation Revolution
The workshop on Participation Revolution I was keen to participate in the workshop, ‘Participation Revolution’ organised by CHS Alliance and ICVA, from 25 to 27th June 2024, in Bangkok, as I thought I would learn and share different definitions, initiatives and experiences. We found a lot of questions from our…
The Excluded: A Rapid Study on the Host Community Life in the Rohingya Refugee Camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
The report, “The Excluded— the Host Community Life in the Rohingya Refugee Camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh,” highlights the significant challenges faced by the 2,860 Bangladeshi households, comprising 1.5% of the total population within Rohingya refugee camps. A rapid study by the COAST Foundation unfolds the difficulties not only for…
Key Messages: Ration cuts in the Rohingya refugee response: 5 March 2023, Cox’s Bazar
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2023 Joint Response Plan Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis_ January-December 2023
Bangladesh is temporarily sheltering over one million Rohingya refugee/FDMNs from Myanmar, while being compelled to assuming enormous amounts of her limited resources to meet costs and impacts incurred upon her economy, society, and environment. To avoid irreversibility of such impacts, Bangladesh looks forward to the response of the international community…
Risk Sharing in Practice: Success Stories, Enablers, and Barriers to Risk Sharing in the Humanitarian Sector
Sharing similar objectives and collaborating in the same delivery chains requires common risk management approaches Humanitarian action is primarily intended ‘to save lives, alleviate suffering and maintain human dignity during and in the aftermath of crises.’1 However, when looking at the contexts where the 274m people most urgently in need…
Becoming Locally LED as an Anti-Racist Practice: A Guide to Support INGOs
This draft document has been prepared by The Social Investment Consultancy (TSIC) with guidance from a steering group made up of members from three Bond working groups: Practice for locally led development; Sector commitments and Roadmap for locally led development; Changing donor policy and practice for locally led development. The…
