The Government of Japan decided to extend approximately USD 32.5 million as additional new money to support the Rohingya Refugees and Host Communities in Cox’s Bazar. Since the massive influx of refugees into Bangladesh in August 2017, the Government of Japan had granted approximately USD 50.2 million to International organizations. Adding this additional support, the total amount of assistance has reached a total of approximately USD 82.7 million.
The Government of Japan will extend the humanitarian assistance for the Rohingya Refugees and Host Communities in Cox’s Bazar through site management of refugee camps, providing food, shelter, medical services and trainings, and WASH facilities and forest regeneration through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWomen), the World Food Programme (WFP), the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF, also known in English as Doctors Without Borders ).