In March 2025, the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS), under the Population Movement Operation (PMO), delivered humanitarian assistance to a total of 185,711 people—120,647 from the camp settlements including newly arrivals and 65,064 from the local community in Cox’s Bazar. The Operation (PMO) has effectively reached these people through various humanitarian interventions healthcare (including clinical
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In February 2025, the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS), under the Population Movement Operation (PMO), delivered humanitarian assistance to a total of 193,273 people—128,426 from the camp settlements and 64,847 from the host communities in Cox’s Bazar. The PMO has effectively reached these people through various humanitarian aid activities on resilience-building, capacity enhancement, and healthcare
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Since 2010, the Bangladesh Red Cross Society (BDRCS) has been working to institutionalize CEA approach in all its programmes and activities. In 2021, CEA became a core component of BDRCS’s 6th Strategic Plan (2021–2025), enhancing program delivery and strengthening community trust. With support from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC),
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The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS), through the Population Movement Operation (PMO), provided humanitarian support to a total of 112,246 individuals, including 86,988 from the camps and 25,258 from the local community in Cox’s Bazar in December 2024. The PMO has reached these communities through a range of humanitarian support focused on resilience-building, capacity development,
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The population movement crisis continues to be volatile with 1,006,6701 displaced people from Myanmar since 2017 and new arrivals of approximately 60,000 people since August 2024 living in the congested camp settlement and the affected host community people including 36,3761 displaced people are relocated to Bhasanchar as of November 2024. This comprises 51% female and
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How can communities manage the disasters and health crises associated with their region better and move towards resilience? Are the interventions infused by the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement reaching communities? How are they taking ownership of the disasters and health risk mitigation initiatives? Circling through these questions, the PPP initiative is in its last
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October 2024 saw a series of security incidents, including arrests of individuals linked to violent crimes, such as murder and robbery, while police recovered firearms and rescued a kidnapped schoolgirl. The situation further escalated with reports of abductions, including ten farmers in Teknaf and the targeted killing of camp residents. Political unrest was evident with
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Dec
This four-monthly report provides a detailed overview of BDRCS’s accomplishments from May to August 2024, with a particular focus on the significant contributions of Red Crescent Youth (RCY) to humanitarian response efforts. It highlights the achievements of different departments, including Planning and Development, Training, Youth and Volunteers, Restoring Family Links, Fundraising, Health, Disaster Response (DR)
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The situation in Cox’s Bazar remains highly challenging for both the Rohingya population and the host communities, with 1,003,3941 displaced people from Rakhine including 35,6291 relocated to Bhasanchar who are reliant on humanitarian assistance. BDRCS’s continuous support addresses critical needs in what has become the world’s largest refugee settlement. Moreover, 445,9722 people in Cox’s Bazar