The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved $700 million in assistance for the displaced Rohingya and their host communities in Bangladesh.
The grant was approved on Wednesday under two projects to provide basic services and build disaster and social resilience.
This information was given in a press release of the World Bank.
Around 1 million Rohingya fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar due to violence since 2017. It is one of the world’s largest forced displacement crises.
Abdulai Sek, Country Director of the World Bank in Bangladesh and Bhutan, said, “We especially appreciate the generosity of the Bangladesh government in helping the nearly one million Rohingya people.” We also recognize the issue of local shelter groups. The crisis has already entered 7 years and long-term planning and sustainable solutions have become imperative to address their short-term and urgent needs. We are committed to helping the Government of Bangladesh deal with this complex crisis and the welfare of the Rohingya and their host communities.
In the 7th year of the crisis, the $350 million ‘Inclusive Services and Opportunities for Host Community and Displaced Rohingya Population (ISO)’ project and the $350 million ‘Host and Rohingya Enhancement of Lives (HELP)’ project support Bangladeshi refugees and the displaced Rohingya population. will do This financing will be done under World Bank’s ‘IDA20 Window for Host Communities and Refugees’ with the support of the Rohingya community. All of this 70 million dollars is a grant.
The ‘Inclusive Services and Opportunities for Host Community and Displaced Rohingya Population’ project will invest in livelihood and essential basic health, nutrition, family planning, gender-based violence and prevention services for at least 980,000 Rohingya and local communities. The project will invest in human capital development including education for 3 lakh Rohingya children under 12 years of age.
ISO Project Task Team Leader S. Amer Ahmed said that the Bangladesh government has been dealing with the crisis of displacement for a long time – whether it is the refugee population or the displaced Rohingya population, ultimately the challenge is to help people. The ISO project will help vulnerable households of both populations to invest, protect, and use human capital to provide temporary work, training, education, child protection, primary health care, nutrition, family planning, and services to address and prevent gender-based violence. Source: Bass