Humanitarian Crisis Management - Programme Update for Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh - July 2020

Publication language
English
Pages
8pp
Date published
08 Sep 2020
Type
Factsheets and summaries
Keywords
Disability, COVID-19, Epidemics & pandemics, Food aid, Forced displacement and migration, Refugee Camps, Health, Livelihoods, Shelter and housing
Countries
Bangladesh
Organisations
BRAC International
Link
http://response.brac.net/humanitarian-crisis-management-programme-coxs-bazar/

Cox’s Bazar is experiencing a compounded crisis as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the southeastern part of Bangladesh hosts nearly a million persecuted Rohingya population of Myanmar, along with thousands of humanitarian workers who are situated here in response.

BRAC initiated to help the most vulnerable population of Cox’s Bazar and provided cash grants of BDT 1,500 (USD 18) to each of 9,088 low-income families of the host community. Additionally, 117 persons with disabilities (PWDs) received the cash support in July 2020. This cash support aimed to help the families recover the economic damages they went through during the district-wide lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Authors: 
BRAC