Flooding in Rohingya Refugee camps - Monsoon rains have arrived in Cox's Bazar

The camp environment without rain

 

Around the world we have heard of torrential     rains and flooding. This reality has now arrived   in Coxs Bazar as heavy monsoon rains and   wind began last night and are continuing 24   hours later. We are asking you to PLEASE   PRAY for the thousands of Rohingya refugees   living in bamboo and tarpulin homes at high   risk for flooding, destruction from landslides   and drowning.

Camp environment with rain - today

Nutrition centre with flooding up to bamboo benches

Staff and volunteers working today struggled to keep things dry as waters rose in the nutrition centres. Some were sandbagging and rearranging food supplies to protect them from rising waters. Others covered food and equipment with extra tarpaulins while standing in water. Access roads in and out of the camp were flooded making it difficult for staff to leave at the end of the day. 

Staff and volunteers trying to move food away from rising water in the storeroom

A community health volunteer 

Please pray for safety for people living in the camps, for protection from mudslides and drownings. A mudslide was reported earlier today that killed 5 people. Pray for the rain to stop. And pray for all those helping. Our Mobile Medical Team will likely be deployed tomorrow.

None of our staff can be in the camps after working hours. This is a video of camp volunteers (refugees themselves) from the Camp 20 Extension health post helping other Rohingya and looking for injured people. They are really the frontline workers for our work in the camps!