In the past month, hundreds of thousands of people have fled violence in Rakhine state, Myanmar, with the majority seeking refuge in Bangladesh. Since August, more than half a million people, mostly Rohingya women and children, have arrived in overflowing camps and settlements in Bangladesh. They are exhausted, traumatised and in urgent need of shelter, medical care, water and food.

DEC member charities are already responding in Bangladesh providing temporary shelter, emergency healthcare, food, clean drinking water and sanitation services, such as latrines and hygiene kits. More funds are urgently needed to help provide emergency relief and protection to those who have fled with nothing, as well as providing basic services to families in Bangladesh who have opened their homes and communities to new arrivals.