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BANGLADESH

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Since October 2016, nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees have fled political persecution in Rakhine State, Myanmar into neighboring Bangladesh. 

The education crisis among Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh is severe, with thousands lacking access to quality learning opportunities. Approximately 16% of children aged 3–14 and 81% of adolescents aged 15–24 have no access to education in the refugee camps. Without access to education, children are at risk of being exploited for child labour and trafficking.

The gaps in access to education demonstrate the lack of capacity in local level organisations and underscore an urgent need for support to these organisations. Street Child is championing local actors by supporting access to funding, empowering leadership to advocate for their organisations to key stakeholders, and providing capacity-building support.

YOUR IMPACT IN BANGLADESH

1,175

Children reached with protection services.

792

Children accessed education.

26

Teachers reached with mentoring support.

what we are doing

Street Child supports critical actors in the crisis response. We were invited by the United Nations Education Cluster to work with national organisations to increase their local level capacities to respond to educational needs. Through this support, local organisations will be better able to respond to educational needs in emergencies and offer protection services in times of crisis.


EDUCATION IN EMERGENCIES

Street Child is supporting local organisations that work with Rohingya refugee children by providing access to both face-to-face and remote education in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char Island in Bangladesh. We were one of the very first INGO’s supporting access to remote education on Bhasan Char Island. This programme uses solar-based audio devices to provide educational content that does not require internet or electricity. Community volunteers are supporting the team to ensure that children are learning without barriers.


CHILD PROTECTION

Currently, Street Child is working with local partners in Bangladesh, across Dhaka, Chittagong, and Cox’s Bazar, who are providing support with education, child protection, mental health, and life skills to marginalised children and local communities.


Through Street Child's application writing support, several local organisations have received an unrestricted grant to increase their organisational capacity.

Climate Action


Street Child Bangladesh is providing technical support to local women-led partners to implement the programme named ‘CARE for Women’ funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The project's core objective is to establish a gender-transformative, climate-smart food system in the south and southwestern coastal areas of Bangladesh to tackle the effects of climate change. Our approach involves empowering women smallholder farmers with comprehensive support, ensuring access to resources, credit, increased climate knowledge and access to the market.

the impact of play

Street Child Bangladesh is implementing a full-scale multi-country focused research study named ‘PLAY 2.0’ in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar. The objective of this research study is to understand the learning environment and engagement of the teachers and students in the classroom. This programme is supported by the Education Development Center [EDC], Research Triangle Institute [RTI] International, New York University and funded by the Lego Foundation.