Children of school age living in camps around Cox’s Bazar have no access to local Bangladeshi schooling so are missing out on formal education as well as the support they need to overcome the trauma of leaving their homes.
‘I don’t like living here – we don’t have our own house, I can’t go to school, I have nothing to do,’ said 15-year-old Kobir Ahmed.
“I just roam around. I don’t feel good, I just feel bored. We don’t have freedom here,” he added.
Tearfund’s Rohingya response manager James Rana said: “Boredom is a real problem, especially for children and adolescents as it can lead them into trouble, so Tearfund’s local partners COAST [Coastal Association for Social Transformation Trust] and CCDB [Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh] have been setting up adolescent clubs which are safe spaces for teenagers to meet, read, play and help them overcome some of the trauma they have experienced, whilst raising awareness on issues such as health and hygiene.”
For younger children, COAST and CCDB are providing child-friendly spaces where children can play, draw, write poems, talk to a trained therapist, do informal maths and sing songs together.
Tearfund is also adapting existing materials to make an improved curriculum for young people focussing on life skills, including business and leadership training.
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