Crisis in the world’s largest refugee camp
This Christmas, families like Sakhina’s are facing the devastating risk of disease due to a severe lack of clean water and proper sanitation.
Water sources are scarce and often contaminated, leaving families no choice but to share inadequate, barely functional latrines. For those living with a disability, accessing these facilities is even more challenging.
Sakhina, a Rohingya refugee, carries a vessel of water as she looks at the camera. The vessel and tap water access was provided by Caritas Australia's partners, Caritas Bangladesh. Photo: Caritas Australia
Sakhina with her daughter and grandson inside their family home in Cox's Bazar refugee camp. Photo: Caritas Australia
Family's like Sakhina's urgently need access to clean water this Christmas
More than a million Rohingya refugees who have fled persecution are now living packed together in an area little bigger than a small town. The daily conditions they endure are dire.
But with your support, we can bring hope to these families. As part of the second-largest humanitarian network in the world, Caritas Australia and our partner Caritas Bangladesh are on the ground, ready to act. Together, we can improve access to clean water, provide better sanitation, and help reduce the spread of deadly waterborne diseases.
Your support can help families stay healthy by supplying hygiene kits and improving access to hygiene training. Photo: Caritas Australia
$35 can support better hygiene
Hygiene kits can help keep families healthy this Christmas.
Sakhina's family can now access latrines near their home in the refugee camp in Cox's Bazar. Photo: Caritas Australia
$130 can repair toilets
You can support urgently-needed repairs and upgrades to latrines to help reduce the risk of disease.
The support of people like you helped Sakhina access clean water so that she and her family can stay healthy. Photo: Caritas Australia
$450 can provide clean water
Help install a rainwater harvesting system so that families can have access to water.
Your donation can support communities in Cox's Bazar and beyond with:
Access to clean water
Disability-friendly toilets
Hygiene kits
Community Hygiene Training
Along with your generous support, this program is also supported by the Australian Government, through the Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP).
Your donation will go where it is needed most. You are helping families living in poverty and together, we can transform lives and create a better world for all.
