HAEFA Monthly Newsletter

Health And Education For All - May 2021

Newsletter May 2021

The Rohingya Refugee Fire Victims Still Need Your Help!

Thank you!

The HAEFA team would like to thank each and every one of you who have donated to our efforts to provide healthcare and other supporting services to the people who survived the devastating fire that ravaged four Rohingya refugee camps in Balukhali, a village in Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh.

Due to the tremendous support and the continued need for the injured and displaced victims, we have increased our fundraising goal to $20,000. With your help, we can definitely get there!

Please Join in Supporting the Victims by Donating!

GoFundMe donations will go toward:

Hiring additional medical support staff (2 new physicians, 2 nurses and 3 health workers) to provide aid.
Providing medical supplies.
Food and water for those impacted.
Repairs and construction of destroyed homes.

COVID-19 Food Assistance Program

During the last one year, due to COVID-19 related lockdowns and joblessness, an additional 24.5 million people went below the poverty line in Bangladesh. Many families are starving this Ramadan. So far HAEFA has has provided the following:

Food packages (enough for a 5-member family for two weeks) to 100 families in Dhaka and other districts of Bangladesh on Sunday, May 2nd. The food packages are going to jobless housemaids and rickshaw pullers impacted during the ongoing lockdown due to the upsurge in cases of COVID-19.

Each food package costs $12.50 to create. If your friends, colleagues, and families would like to donate or send Zakat, please encourage them to donate to HAEFA. We are aiming to provide food packages to additional 1,000 families in need before and after Eid.

COVID-19 Vaccination Updates
The vaccination campaign for the Rohingya community is scheduled to start soon. The arrival date of the vaccines from the COVAX facility for Bangladesh. In the meantime, all Health Sector partners are being asked to heighten their preparedness against rising cases of COVID-19 as well as advocating for preventive measures such as mask-wearing, hand washing, testing, and other measures. As of April 25th, 2021, 525 refugees have contracted COVID-19, with 11 deaths as a result.

May 2021 - A Report on Current Activities

Patients Seen and Treated (April)

Kutupalong Camp: 1802 total patients
Balukhali Camp: 2,142 total patients

Total Women Screened for Cervical Cancer in Kurigram

3,813 screenings in total between January and March, 2021

For more regular updates on the Rohingya refugees and other activities related to our organization, be sure to give us a like on Facebook (HAEFA Bangladesh), and follow us on Twitter (@haefabangladesh) and Instagram (@haefa.bangladesh).