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Bamboo and earthenware: Training refugee hosts in Ukhiya

Surrounding the Rohingya refugee camps in Ukhiya and Teknaf, there are ongoing humanitarian interventions that also cover host communities. 
Bamboo and earthenware: Training refugee hosts in Ukhiya

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Ashraful Haque
04 December, 2020, 01:10 pm
Last modified: 04 December, 2020, 04:07 pm

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Bamboo and earthenware: Training refugee hosts in Ukhiya

Surrounding the Rohingya refugee camps in Ukhiya and Teknaf, there are ongoing humanitarian interventions that also cover host communities. 

Ashraful Haque
04 December, 2020, 01:10 pm
Last modified: 04 December, 2020, 04:07 pm

Past Ukhiya bazar, a hill road beside the Girls' College leads to a place called Malvita Para where Shwettaj Jahan Tithi, a technical consultant working with the World Food Programme (WFP), is training local women on bamboo crafts.

Under the skill enhancement programme, participants are working on improved product designs. Photo :Mumit M
Under the skill enhancement programme, participants are working on improved product designs. Photo :Mumit M

These women have a background in crafts-making, but WFP, through its partner organisation Resource Integration Centre (RIC), is enhancing their skills with new, modern designs that has export potential. 

These women, identified as most vulnerable in the community, have been given a one-time grant of Tk15,000 to revitalise their business, and a monthly support of Tk1,050 for ensuring nutrition for their family. In five unions under Ukhiya upazila, 11,000 participants receive this support. In addition, there are 440 groups who receive support for various income generating activities like poultry, fishery etc.

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Shahina Akter, a beneficiary of the project, is making a bamboo stool. Photo :Mumit M
Shahina Akter, a beneficiary of the project, is making a bamboo stool. Photo :Mumit M

A few miles away, in Rudra Para, 24 families who have been engaged in pottery for generations, live. Among them, 12 participants receive similar benefits and training as part of the community development effort.

The trainer shared new product ideas with the traditional potters. Photo :Mumit M
The trainer shared new product ideas with the traditional potters. Photo :Mumit M

At Rudra Para, men and women were turning over their earthenware to get a good bake in the sun, before painting them with plant-based colour and burning them in fire. 

Bamboo craft. Photo :Mumit M

As part of the effort to improve profitability, the trainer is trying to introduce new product ideas and designs to traditional potters. The training programme also includes sewing and cane craft-making, for other communities with conventional skill sets. 

Preparing materials required for craft-making. Photo :Mumit M
Preparing materials required for craft-making. Photo :Mumit M

Extending livelihood and other support to the host community is very important as they are the worst victims of the refugee influx. Many people living in Teknaf and Ukhiya upazilas in Cox's Bazar district have come under such support programmes.

 

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