Category: WASH

World Menstrual Hygiene Day: “When we first started, many women and girls didn’t know about sanitary pads.”

5/26/2023

Naznin (left) and Sweety (center) visit a woman in Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Bangladesh, to provide hygiene supplies. (Md. Dipu/CPI)

Around the world, displaced women and girls face challenges accessing good menstrual hygiene. To mark World Menstrual Hygiene Day, we speak to Sweety and Naznin, about their work to help Rohingya refugee women and girls in Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Bangladesh, access hygiene and sanitation during menstruation.

Solar-Powered Water Network Brings Safe Water to Rohingya Refugees

3/21/2023

Hasina (left) helps her young son drink safe water provided by the water network in Camp 4, Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. (Md. Dipu/CPI)

For Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, finding enough safe water to meet their daily needs can be difficult and exhausting. A new water network, built with Community Partners International's support, provides 800 Rohingya refugees with easy access to a reliable, safe water supply for their essential drinking, washing, and cooking needs.

Village Water Network Provides Low-Cost Safe Water to Bangladesh Families

6/16/2022

Morsheda watches her daughter drink water from the CPI-supported water network in Doria Nagar village, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. (CPI)

Families in Doria Nagar, Bangladesh, have struggled for years to access safe and affordable water for drinking and washing. Over the last year, a newly-installed water network supported by Community Partners International (CPI) is providing them with safe water at one sixth of the cost of their previous supply.

Distinguished Guests Visit CPI-Supported Biogas Plant in Doria Nagar

3/18/2022

PictureJoint Secretary Salima Jahan (second from left) and other distinguished guests join Community Partners International (CPI) and Green Hill representatives on a visit to the CPI-supported biogas plant in Doria Nagar, Cox's Bazar.

Joint Secretary Salima Jahan (second from left) and other distinguished guests join Community Partners International (CPI) and Green Hill representatives on a visit to the CPI-supported biogas plant in Doria Nagar, Cox's Bazar. (Md, Dipu/CPI)

On March 13, 2022, Community Partners International (CPI) welcomed Salima Jahan, Joint Secretary of the Government of Bangladesh, member of the Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (SREDA) and Project Director of the Household Energy Platform (HEP) at the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, and other distinguished guests on a visit to a biogas plant supported by CPI in Doria Nagar village, Cox’s Bazar.

International Women’s Day: “There are many girls suffering in silence, too shy to talk about health issues.”

3/8/2022

Raju, a Sexual and Reproductive Health Volunteer supported by Community Partners International in Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Bangladesh, helps Rohingya women and girls to access health and hygiene services. (Jennifer de Perise/CPI)

Raju, 51, lives in Kutupalong Refugee Camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. She works as a Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) volunteer supported by Community Partners International (CPI) and local partner Green Hill helping Rohingya refugee women and girls to access essential health services. To mark International Women’s Day, Raju spoke to Community Partners International about her work and community, and the health and hygiene challenges faced by women and girls.

Rohingya Volunteers Respond To Devastating Flooding in Kutupalong Refugee Camp

8/21/2021

A Rohingya volunteer surveys WASH facilities for repair in Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Bangladesh. (CPI)

Since late July, heavy rains in Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, have caused widespread flooding and landslides, damaging shelters and facilities, and displacing and affecting thousands of people. Rohingya volunteers supported by Community Partners International and Green Hill have been at the forefront of efforts to help those affected.

World Water Day: Rohingya WASH Volunteers Promote Water Safety

3/22/2021

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On March 22, to mark World Water Day, and under the theme "Valuing Water", Rohingya water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) volunteers supported by Community Partners International (CPI) led activities in Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, to raise community awareness of water security and safety.

Rohingya Volunteers at the Forefront of Essential Services for Fellow Refugees

2/24/2021

Ayesha with her newborn baby girl in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. (CPI)

Ayesha and Jannat are Rohingya refugees from Myanmar sheltering in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. They fled violence in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine State in 2017 with their families, walking for many days to reach the Bangladesh border. Today, they live in Kutupalong, the world’s largest refugee camp. Both receive assistance from networks of Rohingya community health and water, sanitation and hygiene volunteers supported by Community Partners International (CPI). Here are their stories.

World Toilet Day: Meet the Sludgebusters!

11/19/2020

CPI-supported WASH Volunteers. (CPI)

Community Partners International's intrepid Fecal Sludge Management team, aka the Sludgebusters, play a vital if unglamorous role keeping latrines safe and hygienic in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

Global Handwashing Day: "Our Hands, Our Future!"

10/15/2020

It's Humanity Foundation (IHF) staff lead hand hygiene activities with children in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (IHF/CPI)

On Global Handwashing Day (October 15), a mobile school bus supported by Community Partners International (CPI) visited children living in slum communities in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to educate them about hand hygiene and distribute hygiene kits.