AFP report, Dec 24, 2023KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh: Fleeing brutal violence in Myanmar, Rohingya refugees had hoped to find safety in neighbouring Bangladesh, but many are risking dangerous sea crossings to escape hunger, kidnap and gang violence. Tears well up in Nur Kayes’ eyes as the mother of two speaks of struggling to feed her family in a squalid camp in southeast Bangladesh, where UN funding shortfalls have left refugees without enough to eat. “When neighbours eat…
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by Krishana Prasain in The Kathmandu Post, Oct 17, 2023With everything becoming costlier by the day, Sundar Pudasaini of Balaju has had to cut down on his food expenses—no more eggs, milk and meat from now on. The cost of living is rising sharply for Nepali householders. Grocery bills, children’s school fees, housing costs and transport fares all have gone up. Daily essentials like rice, flour, soybean oil, mustard oil, lentils, potato, onion, garlic, sugar,…
report in The Daily Star, Sept 5, 2023The Oikya Morcha, representing religious and ethnic minority organisations led by the Bangladesh Hindu Bouddha Christian Oikya Parishad, has announced a series of programmes including mass hunger strikes and sit-ins scheduled in various districts from September 8-23. These events will culminate into the platform organising a rally on October 6 at Suhrawardy Udyan, announced Rana Dasgupta, chief coordinator of the morcha and general secretary of the parishad, during…
report in Prothom Alo, 20 Jun 2023Every day 5-year-old Jannat hunts for bottles and cans in the Rohingya refugee camp where she lives in Bangladesh – when she collects enough, she buys a snack to stave off her hunger pangs. She is one of a growing number of children turning to garbage picking since the United Nations slashed rations for nearly 1 million Rohingya camp residents to just 9 cents a meal this month. The…
By Bibi Amina Hakimi in TOLOnews, Dec 2, 2022The US Institute for Peace (USIP) issued a report underscoring the difficulty of the Afghan situation, saying that the country faces hunger and privation for a second winter in a row. The report said that the Afghans appear to be adapting as best they can to the “dire” situation, but this will not mitigate pervasive poverty, hunger and deprivation. “Loss of income due to the economic collapse…