International Organization for Migration (IOM) appealed to the international community for US$ 119.77 million to provide desperately needed aid as over 500,000 newly arrived Rohingyas are now living in ‘dire conditions’ in Cox’s Bazar region of Bangladesh.
This appeal outlines IOM’s funding requirement from September 2017 to February 2018 as part of the wider UN Humanitarian Response Plan, said the IOM on Wednesday, reports UNB.
The UN migration agency said there is an urgent need to provide immediate primary and secondary health care for the new arrivals through the establishment of new clinics and the strengthening of government facilities.
IOM aims to assist 607,735 people in need of medical support.
Some 19 per cent of the Rohingyas estimated to be female headed households. Elderly headed households account for 11 per cent of the population and child headed households, five per cent.
The IOM will work to address some of the protection risks faced by affected communities.
IOM’s operations focus on coordination and five sectors of assistance shelter and core relief items, displacement site management, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), health, coordination, protection and communication with communities.
IOM will target 331,520 individuals by installing and maintaining water points in the existing and new settlements, as well as the installation and maintenance of gender segregated emergency pit latrines, followed by the semi-permanent community household latrines to provide safe sanitation in new settlements and host communities.