Friday, February 13, 2009

Misery of unregistered Rohingya refugee Kids in Kutupalong

By Faisal Alam

Misery of unregistered Rohingya refugee Kids in Kutupalong.

As a supporter of humanitarian causes took out the time from my work-related trip to go down to nearby Kutupalong to try and give a voice for these unheard victims of poverty and the deserted.
Mother talking in Rohingya about the conditions that they are living in.



Woman: The children did not suffer from any illness in the past but recently they've been afflicted with a disease which we don't know about.

: You only have rice and that is it?
Woman: Yes, only rice...

: ..and you don't get to eat anything else?
Woman: ..yes, we don't get to eat anything else other than rice ...-other things perhaps through begging...

: ...so, other than rice, you don't get food like pulses and vegetables?
Woman: ..no..no...we don't get anything else...

: ...hmm..it is perhaps of vitamin deficiencies (that the children are becoming disease-prone)..
Woman:..I feel it is something like TB..I feel like dying..we don't have (basic necessities like) food and water...

Translated By : Alia Alam
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In this situation no NGO, Humanitarian organization, big people beside them. The condition of these refugee kids are bellow human level, need basic rights to live. They told me 7 people of one family whole died coz of starvation.

1 comment:

peace_out said...

It's great to see that there are still people who haven't forgotten the "stateless" people of Burma.
May you keep producing such kinds of work in the future too.