“The most exciting moment for students โ the release of final exam results! Our Life Destination High School students are celebrating their achievements, sharing joy, and cherishing this memorable day.”
The Endless Hope for Rohingya Community
Words by Anuwar Sadek and photos by Rj Sayed Nur
Rohingya refugees gathered in hope of repatriation during the visit of UN Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres and Dr. Muhammad Yunus to Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
Photo: Rj Sayed Nur
The Rohingya, a Muslim minority group in the northwest of Myanmar, have long endured persecution and oppression. For decades, the Burmese government has subjected them to violence and denied them basic human rights, including access to education, healthcare, employment, and freedom of movement.
Historically, the Rohingya were recognized as one of Myanmar’s 136 ethnic groups, living peacefully alongside the Rakhine people in Arakan State. However, as a minority, the Rohingya faced growing hostility, particularly from the Rakhine community. False accusations and discriminatory attitudes led to their increasing marginalization. These claims were widely accepted by the Burmese government, which resulted in the systematic denial of the Rohingya’s rights and, eventually, the forced displacement of hundreds of thousands of people in 2017.
During a recent visit to Bangladesh, UN Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres announced that the United Nations would engage with the Arakan Army AA to negotiate the safe and dignified repatriation of the Rohingya refugees currently in Bangladesh.
However, many refugees have raised concerns about the role of the Arakan Army in the repatriation process.
” Once, the Rakhine people were not part of the Arakan Army but were supporters of the Burmese government. They used hatred, discrimination, and false accusations to strengthen the Burmese government’s power to deny us equal rights. They also created magazines against our people and distributed them to their generations to instill deeper hatred toward us. The Burmese government took this seriously, and as a result, the Rakhine people gained more favors.” Nurul Haque shared his point
Nurul Haque also added that the Burmese government’s trust in the Rakhine people crumbled under the Arakan Army’s dominance. This became the greatest lesson the Rakhine community taught the Burmese government.
Rohingya refugees seek justice from the world and call for a safe return to their homeland.
Photo: Rj Sayed Nur
Md Nur, another refugee, shared his view that the Rakhine community manipulated the Burmese government to further their own agenda.
“Once the Arakan Army was weak, they used the term “Rohingya,” but when they became strong enough to defend themselves, they started calling us “Bengali.” “
He said. “They are our primary enemy, and we cannot accept any repatriation process that puts us under their control and their main focus is to exclude us from our original homes.”
Mohammed Saber, a Rohingya student, emphasized the importance of international intervention for any successful repatriation.
“It will not be possible to repatriate Rohingya refugees from the Bangladesh refugee camps unless the United Nations intervenes and deploys forces to Arakan State. It is crucial for the international community to take concrete action to establish a safe zone in northern Arakan, Myanmar, rather than relying solely on negotiations with the Arakan Army.”
While there is hope for the repatriation of the Rohingya refugees, many recognize that this process cannot proceed without the proper protection and security guarantees. International action is necessary to ensure that the refugees can return to their homeland safely and with dignity, without being subject to further persecution.
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The Climate Crisis and Rohingya Refugee Ration Cuts: A Humanitarian Emergency
Words by Mohammed Anuwar and Photos by Anuwar Sadek
The Rohingya refugee community is facing a dire humanitarian crisis as food rations have been slashed from $12 to just $6 per person. This drastic cut is not merely a funding issueโit is a direct consequence of the escalating global climate crisis. Extreme weather events are disrupting aid supply chains, reducing global food production, and worsening the already fragile conditions in the refugee camps. Hereโs how the climate crisis is impacting our community and why urgent action is needed:
1. Climate Disasters Disrupting Aid Delivery
Flooding and Landslides
Heavy monsoon rains frequently wash away roads, damage infrastructure, and make it nearly impossible for aid trucks to reach the camps.
Violent storms disrupt supply chains, delay food shipments, and leave the community even more vulnerable to hunger. Extreme heat and prolonged droughts are reducing global food production, increasing food prices, and making it harder for aid agencies to meet refugees’ needs
2. Global Food Shortages and Rising Costs
Climate change is devastating agriculture worldwide, causing crop failures and supply chain disruptions. Food prices are skyrocketing due to droughts, floods, and extreme weather, forcing humanitarian organizations to reduce aid budgets.
As a result, Rohingya refugees now receive just $6 in rations per personโbarely enough to survive.
3. The Impact on Rohingya Refugees
Families are skipping meals or surviving on inadequate nutrition, leading to widespread malnutrition. Malnourished children, pregnant women, and the elderly are at high risk of illness, while weakened immune systems make diseases spread faster.
4. Broader Consequences of Ration Cuts
Desperate for survival, many are at risk of exploitation, child labor, and human trafficking. Scarce resources are fueling conflicts within the camps, further destabilizing an already fragile situation.
5. A Call for Immediate Action
The international community must recognize the climate crisis as a direct cause of worsening refugee conditions.
Immediate funding is needed to restore food rations and prevent further hunger-related deaths.
Long-term solutions must include climate resilience strategies, sustainable aid distribution, and stronger global commitments to refugee rights
Conclusion
The ration cut from $12 to $6 is not just a statisticโitโs a life-threatening reality. The climate crisis is no longer a distant threat; it is here, and it is pushing the Rohingya community to the brink of survival. We urge the world to act now before it is too late. Our lives depend on it.
” An insightful article by Mohammed Anuwar, a young Rohingya climate change activist working in the UNHCR environmental sector and also a grade-12 student of our Life Destination High School.”
Abu Sidek: A Rohingya Craftsmanโs Journey of Survival
Photo and words by Anuwar Sadek
Abu Sidek, a 67-year-old Rohingya refugee, lives in Kutupalong, Camp-2W, Bangladesh. With over 20 years of experience in traditional craft-making, he has relied on his skills to survive after losing everything when he fled Myanmar in 2017.
Life in Myanmar
Before being displaced, Abu Sidek lived a stable life in Myanmar with his wife and five children. He owned two acres of farmland, a herd of cattle, and made handcrafted items like baskets, cradles, fishing nets, and barns. His craftsmanship supported his family, paid for his childrenโs education, and helped two of them get married.
Forced to flee
In 2017, military operations forced him to leave everything behind and seek refuge in Bangladesh. In the crowded refugee camp, he had no land, no cattle, and no homeโbut he still had his craft-making skills. He continued making baskets and other handmade items to earn a living.
Struggle and moving forward
By 2022, his remaining children had married, leaving him and his wife to live alone. Despite the challenges, he remained dedicated to his craft. However, in 2023, his wife passed away, leaving him in deep sorrow. Determined to move forward, he remarried, seeking companionship and support. His new wife takes care of the household while he continues crafting. Each basket takes him a day to complete, requiring two bamboos costing 50 TK each. He sells them for 200 TK, providing enough to sustain their daily needs.
A message of hope
Many Rohingya refugees have lost everything and struggle to find hope. Abu Sidek encourages them to keep going and use whatever skills they have to build a future. He also calls on the international community to support the well-being and dignity of the Rohingya people. Through his craft, he continues to find purpose, proving that resilience can help overcome even the hardest times.
Food is everything to survive
Cutting #WFP food rations means not only inviting refugees into #crimes but also pushing young generations into forced #labor, depriving them of #education and a secure future. Desperation leads many to risk their lives on dangerous journeys #Malaysia, while gender-based #violence, child marriage, and #family conflicts escalate due to hunger and instability. A starving #community is a vulnerable one, and without urgent #intervention, the crisis will only be worsen.
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Some smiling faces of final Examination hall
Some smiling faces of Life Destination High School inside their exam #hall
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From Hardship to Hope: The Remarkable Journey of Nurul Amin
Nurul Amin, 17 years old, son of Sayed Nur from Kamaung Seik, Northern part of Maungdaw, Arakan State in Myanmar. In 2017, Amin along with his parents left his homeland due to a horribly genocidal act on the Rohingya minority conducted by the brutal Burmese Militaries and arrived at Kutupalong, the largest refugee camp in Bangladesh.
” In Myanmar, when I was a child, I attended to a primary school in my village and It was the most challenging period for me as the school was so far from my house and it took me hours to reach at it. During rainy days, I was completely wet while I was on the way of my school. However, I hardly managed class 2 in my homeland before 2017.” Nurul Amin claimed
In 2017, the raping, discrimination, torturing, killing innocents, throwing children into fire, burning the houses and so on operated by the Burmese militaries forced over 1 million Rohingya people from their homes and fled to a bordering country, Bangladesh and took refuge in the forests of Coxโs Bazar and Teknaf. โ My legs became disable and unable to walk on while we were crossing the mountains, villages, barbed fence and river on Aug 2017.โ Amin added.
Many elderly people and young children endured unbearable struggle to find a peaceful life on those days, leaving the homes. On their way of Bangladesh, they fought starvation as they took nothing from their homes.
โ It took us two days to travel through the hills for reaching Bangladesh and had nothing to eat and sometimes we needed to pinch our stomachs to relieve the suffering of hunger.โ Amin expressed
After being a refugee in the largest refugee camp, Coxโs Bazar, he became a dreamless boy and received no opportunity to continue his study. With guidelines regarding learning forced him toward useless and wasted his time without doing anything for years. Finally, his father, Sayed Nur has open a small shop near his shelter and it starts working for the entire family. โ At the last, my father made me a shopkeer and selling it every morning and evening.โ Amin said
” When I was 15, one opportunity from the Life Destination High School offered me to continue my educational journey and I have been attending the class from grade-3 since 2023. It is the hope and building a dream to catch my destination through this learning platform.” He added
There are many young Rohingya children who have no opportunities to make their life and build their future by studying in the Rohingya refugee camp. Offering a formal educational opportunities bring the peace and successes in which people can enjoy their lifetime and make the community develop. The international community must focus to restore the higher education for the Rohingya students in Refugee camp, Bangladesh.
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Dear Students,
The final exam is just around the corner! Make sure to:
1.โ โ Review all your lessons thoroughly.
2.โ โ Organize your study materials and notes.
3.โ โ Practice past papers and important questions.
4.โ โ Manage your time effectively to cover all subjects.
5.โ โ Stay focused and confidentโyouโve got this!
Donโt forget: Success comes to those who prepare well. Start revising now and give your best on exam day!
Best of luck,
Life Destination High School, Camp-6
The Final Exam of 2024-2025 Academic Year
Photos: Anuwar Sadek
These students are waiting for the entrance to their exam hall
Honoured to announce the ongoing final examination of the 2024-2025 academic year is going on at life Destination High School in Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Bangladesh
Note: These are primary level students
During the recent award ceremony at our school, the two honourable and deeply respected teachers, Mr Ayeshaan and Mr Dildar Kamaal, stood alone and performing a heartfelt dua. They prayed not only for the success and betterment of their students but also for justice and hope to prevail in the community. Their soft and humble words might carry out the aspirations which reflect their dedication to the next generations.
โ Escaping the flame of conflict: Omair’s Journey from Arakan State to Hope and Education in Kutupalong Refugee Campโ
By Anuwar Sadek
According to the various ground sources, the Rohingya muslims in Arakan State, Myanmar have been enduring the sufferings of starvation, serious illness and restricted movement and the constant fear of abduction by the Arakan Army AA and the Burmese Junta since the outbreak of their deadly conflict.
โ Since the violence has horribly been intensifying along the northern part of Maungdaw due to the terrorist Arakan Army AA and the Burmese Militaries, every cost of the basic needs like rice, oil, fish, meat, medicines and etc has increased and many of us survived without eating anything and the fight against the hunger and serious illness were also increased.โ Omair explained
โ He further shared, โ Youths between 12 and 50 are the most afraid of being forcibly abducted by both parties so called the terrorists Arakan Army AA and the Junta.โ
Omair left his home country, Myanmar, twice by the age of 15, in 2017 and 2024.
In 2017, the widespread torture, masscares, rapes, throwing children into the fire, discrimination and other atrocities commited by the Burmese brutal Militaries and the Rakhine Rebel group forced over one million Rohingya to flee their country. Omair and his family were among those who fled, taking refuge in a makeshift shelter in the largest refugee camp, Kutupalong , Camp-6.
Later in 2021, Omair and his family prepared to travel to Malaysia in search of a better life, as they struggled to meet their basic needs due to the dire financial effort in the Refugee camp, Coxโs Bazar, Bangladesh.
โ While we were on the half way to Malaysia, we were arrested in Yangon by the Myanmar authorities and imprisoned for three months. After that, they sent us back to our original village called Mrauk Taung in Maungdaw, Arakan State. Life was extremely difficult there and opportunities to earn a living were limited. Despite this, we managed to survive and stayed there for four complete years till the violence between the Arak
an Army AA and the Junta began.โ Omair saidโ
In the first week of Jun 2024, some rebels of the Arakan Army AA came to my village and announced a meeting using a loudspeaker, asking everyone to gather in a location inside my village. About 40 men including younger ones were present and I was also one of them. During the meeting, the Arakan Army AA arrested all of us and took us to their controlled area, where we were held for six days without being provided proper food. They selected four among us, accusing them of being armed and tragically punished them. The remaining 36 including myself were released after six days.โ Omar shared his emotional Voice
In early October 2024, Omair and his parents once again prepared to flee their home due to the relentless torture and the abduction carried out by the Arakan Army AA. This time, their escape was more challenging as they struggled to cross the Naf river, forced to make the dangerous journey one by one for several weeks.
โ We couldnโt not come to Bangladesh together because we didnโt have financial effort for the boat fare.โ Explained Somira, mother of Omair. โ We needed to collect our financial help from our relatives who are living in Refugee camps.โ That’s why we had to come here one by one.โ
Finally, after enduring a deadly journey and escaping from the brutal hands of the Arakan Army AA and the Military Junta, Omair’s family has once again arrived at Kutupang Refugee camp, Coxโs Bazar, Bangladesh. The family’s resilience is one of the examples to reveal their courage in the face of unimaginable hardships.
Despite losing everything, Omairโs spirit remains unbroken and he was awarded a place to continue his educational journey by the Life Destination High School. With a great hope of reaching his goal, he joined the school, embarking on his learning in Grade-6. For Omair, this is not just an offer to learn but a chance to rebuild his life and dream of a bright future.
This powerful story is a reminder of restoring hope and dignity to displaced families including their children. The International community must not remain silent in the face of the ongoing crisis in Arakan State, Myanmar where countless Rohingya lives are being trapped in the deadly conflict between the Arakan Army Army and the Military Junta. Immediate action and intervention are very important to protect these vulnerable populations and further loss of life.
