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Reporting Period: 1 January to 31 March 2024
Highlights
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Bangladesh continues to host 978,003 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in 33 camps in Cox’s Bazar District and Bhasan Char in Noakhali District, 52 per cent of them children (56 per cent in Bhasan Char).
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A devastating fire occurred in Rohingya refugee Camp 5, displacing around 5,000 refugees, including 3,500 children. UNICEF provided the affected 1,838 (838 female) learners with education services through Temporary Learning Centres (TLCs) and nearby learning facilities.
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UNICEF contributed to more than 85 per cent of the education sector achievement for the implementation of the Myanmar Curriculum, reaching 216,465 children (103,281 girls) in Cox’s Bazar and to 65 per cent of education sector achievement in Bhasan Char, reaching 5,997 children (2,935 girls).
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UNICEF has now a standby facility for Anticipatory Action for cyclones and floods totalling $2.26 million to provide cyclone and monsoon flood emergency response interventions and to benefit an estimated 300,000 and 130,000 people respectively.
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In the first quarter of 2024, UNICEF reached 7% of the total HAC target (3.2 M people) for 2024 (44,191 children, and 125,155 females) including 173,547 Rohingya refugees through multi-sectoral services.
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Supplies valued $1.26m and funds $72.4m (48 per cent of 2024 HAC requirements) are available for emergency response, leaving a gap of $77.9m to respond to life-saving emergency needs of girls, boys, and women in Bangladesh.