pc: Evangelos Petratos
Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis
"Some of the Rohingya women, who come for delivery, are without food for days, lack proper clothes, and have no money for other needs . . . Many of them have delivered babies on the roadside" – AlJazeera: Midwives offer lifeline to pregnant Rohingya
Among the most urgent humanitarian crises in the world, the Rohingya Crisis been growing for years as the Burmese military has targeted the Rohingya tribespeople (a persecuted Muslim minority) for ethnic cleansing. In the past month this crisis has exploded to epic proportions, as the military has torched over 60% of the tribe's villages to the ground, raping women and killing children indiscriminately. Over 500,000 individuals have fled to Bangladesh seeking shelter. The majority of these refugees are women and children.
Among the most urgent humanitarian crises in the world, the Rohingya Crisis been growing for years as the Burmese military has targeted the Rohingya tribespeople (a persecuted Muslim minority) for ethnic cleansing. In the past month this crisis has exploded to epic proportions, as the military has torched over 60% of the tribe's villages to the ground, raping women and killing children indiscriminately. Over 500,000 individuals have fled to Bangladesh seeking shelter. The majority of these refugees are women and children.
With almost no access to healthcare, they are desperately in need of skilled care to deliver babies, attend to pregnant women, and treat the multiple injuries and health issues they arrive with. Our partners on the ground are finding thousands of pregnant women in the camps themselves.
Our Work: We are partnering with Hope Foundation for Women and Children in Bangladesh, an amazing organization founded by Dr. Iftikher Mahmood of Bangladesh. Through his hard work he has established a hospital over the past several years, and they are now working tirelessly to set up field camps providing basic healthcare needs to the refugee population. Global Midwife Response is recruiting midwives to assist HOPE in setting up these field clinics and providing maternal, newborn, and women's healthcare. Join us today to bring basic women's rights and healthcare to the Rohingya Crisis.
Our Work: We are partnering with Hope Foundation for Women and Children in Bangladesh, an amazing organization founded by Dr. Iftikher Mahmood of Bangladesh. Through his hard work he has established a hospital over the past several years, and they are now working tirelessly to set up field camps providing basic healthcare needs to the refugee population. Global Midwife Response is recruiting midwives to assist HOPE in setting up these field clinics and providing maternal, newborn, and women's healthcare. Join us today to bring basic women's rights and healthcare to the Rohingya Crisis.
How You Can Help: Our mission in Bangladesh is to ease the suffering of the women and families who have given up everything in order to survive. Your financial support will sponsor midwives and help us establish medical care on the ground, and to continue with support as long as we are needed. Our target of $25,000 will launch our team, stock our mobile medical clinics, and begin this vital work. Every donation helps us toward this goal.
There are many ways to help:
Financial Donations (tax deductible)
Donate your time (Fundraising, online help, support, ideas, etc)
Join our team and come to Bangladesh
Your donation will help us purchase:
To volunteer - and join us on our journey to make the world a better place for women and families please contact us.
There are many ways to help:
Financial Donations (tax deductible)
Donate your time (Fundraising, online help, support, ideas, etc)
Join our team and come to Bangladesh
Your donation will help us purchase:
- Safe Birth Kits
- Contraception
- Prenatal vitamins
- Dopplers
- Medications
- Hand Held Ultrasound
- Neonatal Resuscitation Equipment
- Baby Carriers
- Thermometers
- Sutures and Suturing Equipment (general and obstetric)
To volunteer - and join us on our journey to make the world a better place for women and families please contact us.
For more information read:
NPR: Children Caught in the Fire of Rohingya Crisis
The Council of Foreign Relations: The Rohingya Migrant Crisis
National Geographic: Without a Home, and Without Hope
Donations made by check should be made payable to "Global Midwife Response" and sent to:
600 Elm Street, Montpelier, VT 05602
All donations are 100% tax-deductible as provided by law of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
