New training project launched for women in Bangladesh refugee communities

Ekklesia

By agency reporter

APRIL 17, 2019

A new training project in southeast Bangladesh to promote self-reliance among women in communities hosting refugees, as well as among Rohingya refugee women, has become operational in Cox’s Bazar. The project is potentially a game-changer for women in these communities. It is being supported by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

UNHCR has teamed up with the Ayesha Abed Foundation (AAF) – the humanitarian arm of our NGO partner BRAC – to support a programme designed to provide income opportunities by developing skills in craft production.

Rohingyas, locals get skill training in crafts.

The Daily Star
April 17, 2019

Staff Correspondent

UNHCR, Ayesha Abed Foundation scale up project in Cox's bazar

The United Nations' refugee agency has teamed up with Ayesha Abed Foundation -- the humanitarian wing of Brac -- to provide income opportunities by developing skills of Rohingya and Bangladeshi women in craft production in Cox's Bazar.

The project that formally began in February is now being scaled up. At the recently-opened training facility in Ukhiya, local Bangladeshi women are taught silk screen printing, block printing and tailoring, according to a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) statement.

Skills Training to Equip 18,000 Rohingya Adolescents with Hope for a Better Future

World Vision
Internation
ARTICLE • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26th 2019

UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore visits new World Vision centre for adolescents

Out of school for more than 18 months, an estimated 117,000 Rohingya adolescents living in the world’s largest refugee camp desperately need learning opportunities. However, only four percent of these boys and girls have access to any form of education, life-skills or vocational training.