DOT Desk: Japan government has decided to provide Unicef with $5.7 million assistance for the implementation of child protection, education and WASH interventions for Rohingya refugees and host communities in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char, reports The Daily Star.
An Exchange of Notes was signed by Iwama Kiminori, ambassador of Japan to Bangladesh, and Sheldon Yett, Unicef representative to Bangladesh, according to a press release of Embassy of Japan in Bangladesh.
The project titled “The Project for Integrated Livelihood Support for Displaced Persons from Myanmar and Host Communities in Bhashan Char and Cox’s Bazar District”, will reach more than 58,000 Rohingya refugees living in Cox’s Bazar and Bhashan Char camps, and 10,000 people in host communities through strengthened equitable and inclusive access to formal education, equitable access to basic water, sanitation and hygiene and access to well-coordinated and gender-responsive quality child protection services.