Rohingya Building Homes

Your Donation

£500: Just £500 WILL provide ONE FAMILY with a HOME!

Our Impact

Built more than 1500 homes for families in the Refugee Camp
More than 1.5 million people have fled Myanmar and live in refugee camps
This benefits approximately 7,500 people with shelter

Whoever saves a life is as though he had saved all mankind

(QURAN 5:32)

Current Crisis

More than 1.2 million Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar. As a stateless Muslim minority group in Myanmar, they have faced discrimination, violence and extreme poverty for decades.

The latest exodus began on 25 August 2017, when violence broke out in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. The vast majority of Rohingya refugees reaching Bangladesh are women and children, including newborn babies. Many others are elderly people requiring additional aid and protection. They have nothing and need everything.

Protection

With the monsoon weather and the present condition. Drop of Compassion with our partners have acquired land to build homes. These homes a protective environment that will shields the families from the monsoon and winds. With these new homes thousands of families will be saved from this wet and windy monsoon.

Home Specifications:

  • Includes 2 bedrooms furnished with bedding
  • Includes basic solar panel for electricity and lighting
  • Total size being 15 x 12 feet
  • Sturdy construction mainly of bamboo to ensure it is Waterproof and Windproof
  • Metal foundation posts

Project Objectives

The specific objectives include:

  • The project will protect and home vulnerable families who are living in poorly built homes
  • Protect against the monsoon rain
  • Give a sturdy home that will withstand the harsh conditions of the monsoon
  • Will provide livelihood for local Rohingya refugees who will construct the homes.
  • The project will home 1500 families
  • The refugees will have a safe clean environment to live in Facilitate the children’s growth in an empathic family setting that they need.

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