Rohingya Broadcast Rohingya “Lifeline” radio - Thursday, May 27, 2021 MC & News: Sami Ahmed & Mohammed Hussain \\arsenic\netexchange$\Bangla\MP3 ROH Lifeline 05272021 1130 UTC Intro Today: Thursday, May 27, 2021 7:30 a.m. (Washington, D.C., USA) News Headlines Duration: 7 minutes · UNGA president visits Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh · New Cultural Memory Centre Ensures Continuity of Rohingya Heritage · More than 300 Faculty members of Rangoon University fired · Both Biden and Putin agreed to sit at the summit on June 16 · The United States Secretary of State has concluded a Middle East tour Shortwave: 31-meter band, 9350 kHz; 25-meter band, 11700 kHz and 12030 kHz Medium wave (AM): 1575 kHz Report: VOA News Reporter: Mohammed Idris Abdullah (Cox’s Bazar) Related item code: 9-P Duration: 7:27 minutes Topic: A Rohingya Site Management Support-SMS Volunteer of Bangladesh Rural Advance Committee-BRAC expressed concerns about damaged Rohingya Shelters Translation Summary: Muhammad Rahim, said to VOA Rohingya Lifeline Program that Rohingya have not been provided with shelter repairing materials such as bamboo, ropes, tarpaulin and others due to the COVID-19 pandemic since last year though most of the shelters of the Rohingya needs repair. So, more than twenty-20 shelters of the Rohingya have been totally damaged and hundreds of shelters have been partially damaged. Besides, many stairs, pathways, toilets, washroom are damaged during these two days of heavy rain and strong wind in camp-07. The SMS volunteers team of the BRAC have collected the list of damaged shelters and summited it to the Site Management office of the BRAC. But it is uncertain when the shelter repairing materials will be provided to them. So, people are in tension on how they will live at shelters of the Cox's Bazar migrant camp with their family during the upcoming rainy seasons if they do not get any aid to repair their shelters said Rahim. Report: VOA News Reporter: Mohammed Rukon Uddin (Cox’s Bazar) Related item code: 9-P Duration: 6:17 minutes Topic: The Impact of cyclone ‘Yaas’ not felt much in Cox’s Bazar camp and in Bhashan Char Translation Summary: The center point of cyclone ‘Yaas’ was 520km away from Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar seaport. People experienced heavy wind and high tide in Cox’s Bazar sea and St. Martin island. In Cox’s Bazar. Camp, few weak shelters were blown away in the wind. Mohammad Shafiq from kutupalong camp 3 said,” There has been wind since last 2 days and some shelters and mosques were damaged. Mostly, people who were able to get repair materials of shelters didn’t see any affects. Cyclone shelters were all ready to equip Rohingyas if the situation would get worst specially for pregnant women, elderly and autistic people. We were informed of safety issues earlier”. 20 years old Mohammad Arman a Rohingya resident at Bhashan Char said,” We did not see any impact of cyclone ‘yaas’ since it was far away from Bangladesh. The water level of sea rose during day time but water did not get into our houses. People of Bhashan Char caught many fishes since water came closer to the camp boundary. Cyclone shelters were ready for emergency situation and foods were stored”. Rohingya Song: Duration: 3:00 minutes Program Closing Announcement: Sami Ahmed Production: Selim Hossain /Sanjana Feroz Engineer: N/A