Danish crown princess Mary Elizabeth on Tuesday visited Rohingya camps and interacted with the refugees and host community members. The princess traveled to Rohingya camps by a car from Cox's Bazar town and observed soil erosion control and environmental restoration activities of the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) through tree plantation at Camp 5. Also read: Cox's Bazar: Danish Crown Princess Mary to meet Rohingyas, host community Tuesday Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Shah Rezwan Hayat and other officials welcomed the Danish princess at Camp 5 who also visited camps 6 and 8. The princess arrived in the beach town Monday afternoon. Shortly after she arrived in Dhaka on Monday morning, the princess met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Gonobhaban. She will travel to the Sundarbans Wednesday to meet the forest officials and people affected by climate change.

Development organization BRAC has taken up a plan by giving maximum priority to the protection issue of Rohingyas as well as the host community (local community).   Speakers disclosed this at a camp-based Shurokkha Bondhus’ orientation on Safeguarding and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA).  Safeguarding Unit under Humanitarian Crisis Management Programme (HCMP) of BRAC arranged the two-day event which concluded at a hotel in Cox’s Bazar district town on Tuesday. Advocacy activities on the matter aimed at creating awareness among BRAC employees will be strengthened further in the days to come. Read: Brac for increasing partner NGOs' capacity to better serve people A total of 45 officials from senior management of BRAC attended the event on the concluding day. A total of 34 employees from 34 Rohingya camps of HCMP of BRAC attended the first day programme.  SK Jenefa K Jabbar, Director of Human Rights and Legal Aid Services, Social Compliance and Safeguarding unit of BRAC, attended as a facilitator from an online platform on the last day.   Farjana Siddiqua, Manager of Training and Safeguarding Unit under Human Resources Division of HCMP, moderated the first day’s event.     Tahmina Yesmin, Team Lead of Safeguarding Unit of HR Division of BRAC Head Office, acted as the facilitator, while Tilon Andrews, Manager of Safeguarding Unit of BRAC Head Office, attended as trainer on the first day. Read: Rana Plaza victims get support from Brac amid Covid-19 The training was organized for ensuring safe work atmosphere for Rohingyas and the host community, and raising awareness among all the employees of BRAC on protection from exploitation and discrimination.   Hasina Akhter Huq, Area Director of HCMP of BRAC, hoped that ‘Shurokkha Bondhus’, who took training from field level, will strengthen advocacy activities to raise awareness about the matter at Rohingya as well as the host communities.

A delegation of the Canadian High Commission in Dhaka on Tuesday visited different development programmes undertaken by BRAC for improving the socio-economic condition of host community at Ukhiya upazla of Cox’s Bazar.