“One month since the start of the crisis, UN agencies are scaling up to meet life-saving needs but further funding required,” the UN office in Dhaka said in a statement on Sunday. “In just one month more than 436,000 have fled across land and water to seek refuge in Bangladesh,” UN Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh Robert Watkins said. To date, UN agencies and their partners have been providing people with emergency shelter kits, food, healthcare, and clean water and sanitation facilities. The majority of the refugees are women and children, with one in five households estimated to be headed by women. Growing numbers of separated and unaccompanied children are being reported, and support-services for gender-based violence has been identified as a critical need.

Source: bd News24 September 24, 2017 16:52 UTC