Burmese refugee stranded in Bangladesh for over 12 years. |
APPEAL: In January 2008 ,we want to start a free school and health centre for these refugees... see below for details...
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The Persecution of Burmese Rohingya People
The Burmese Rohingya people hail from the yellow regions on the map above but have been forced to flee into Bangladesh (details below) by the Burmese Junta.
There have been reports of systematic rape as a tool for ethnic cleansing of Rohingya people, forced labour, destruction of mosques, extra-judicial executions and more. (Source: verbal accounts and a detailed report by Amnesty International (http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA160052004 )
For Rohingya youth, getting married is a huge problem as they first needed permission from local authorities and sometimes, after a promise that the married couple will have no more than two children. Source http://www.refintl.org/content /article/detail/9137/
"In Burma in 1992, government troops rounded up Rohingya Muslim men for forced labor, then returned to villages and raped the women left behind. In December 1991, Jahura Khatu's husband was taken by government soldiers for forced labor from their home in the Arakan province. The soldiers returned repeatedly to the house and raped Jahura. In early 1992, soldiers forced Jahura at gunpoint to march with three other women to a nearby military camp where all four women were raped repeatedly for twenty-four hours." Asia Watch, Burma: Rape, Forced Labor, and Religious Persecution in Northern Arakan (New York: Human Rights Watch, 1992), 8.
Oct 2007: The Refugees Mercy Mankind Helped :
Burmese Muslim Refugees
Some of the People who will benefit from the new well.
No hope of a better future
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See how you helped them: On 22 October 2007, we assisted over 50 Burmese refugee families by installing a clean source of drinking water for them.
Preparing the pipes
Working Into The Night
Next Day: Testing Out the New Well: Success
13 Nov 2007: We distributed 100 jumpers
14 Nov 2007: Cooked Food for 135 people
APPEAL: In January 2008 ,we want to start a free school and health centre for mostly refugee children who have no future and who have no education. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO
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What can you do for these refugees?
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Write to the UN representative in your country high-lighting the plight of these refugees. They just want to return to Burma without fear of persecution.
- Write to your local senator or your local MP making them aware of what the Burmese Junta is doing.
- Speak to your local media.
- Help us help these refugees. Mark your donations with the words "refugees fund" , or email us using the contact page after making any donation.
Our policy: 100% donations go on projects, 0% on admin. |
Children will receive
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free uniforms
- free books and writing material
- free Tuition
- free, simple, school building made with mostly renewable sources
The school will double up as a health-centre providing refugees access to a doctor, once a month. We will pay for basic medication (these refugees don't have money for these things). |