The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), a state-run aid body, donated 5,000 personal care packages for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh’s camps.
The distribution run through Wednesday starting on Saturday in various camps set up in the southern Cox’s Bazar district, TIKA’s Dhaka office said in a statement on Wednesday.
“COVID-19 affects Rohingya refugees just as it affects the whole world. TIKA has also not forgotten the Rohingya refugees and has distributed cleaning supplies to help them fight the coronavirus,” said Ismail Gundogdu, the agency’s Bangladesh coordinator.
The package included products such as face mask, soap, shampoo, laundry detergent, toothpaste, he said.
Mentioning the distressed living condition and helplessness of the persecuted group in Bangladesh’s crammed makeshift camps, he said “TIKA will continue to help the oppressed Rohingya.”
“The TIKA has been providing intensive humanitarian assistance to Rohingya refugees since the crisis began in 2017. From 2017 to 219, it distributed hot meals to approximately 25, 000 people daily,” Gundogdu told Anadolu Agency.
