Rohingya Broadcast

Rohingya Broadcast Rohingya “Lifeline” radio - Monday, July 06, 2020 MC & News: Sami Ahmed, Hamid Hussain & Mohammed Hussain \\arsenic\netexchange$\Bangla\MP3 ROH Lifeline 07062020 1130 UTC Intro Today: Monday, July 06, 2020 7:30 a.m. (Washington, D.C., USA) News Headlines Duration: 6 minutes · Myanmar: Court Martial Latest Accountability Sham · Bilateral meetings between Bangladesh and Myanmar on Rohingya repatriation in Bangladesh have been postponed indefinitely · We will uphold American values - President Trump · Covid-19: Within 6 day, more than one million covid-19 patients were found all over the world · Death toll in Ethiopian protests after killing of singer jumps to 156 Shortwave: 31-meter band, 9350 kHz; 25-meter band, 11700 kHz and 12030 kHz Medium wave (AM): 1575 kHz Report: VOA News Related item code: 9-P Duration: 6:26 minutes Translator: Mohammed Idris Abdullah (Cox’s Bazar) Topic: Australia supports COVID-19 response in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh Sources: https://www.dfat.gov.au/news/news/australia-supports-covid-19-response-coxs-bazar-bangladesh Summary: “I would watch the news each night and the situation in refugee camps around the world always looked pretty bad. I thought, ‘I've got the skills that could probably help a fair bit with that',” recalls Neil Doherty. An environmental engineer by trade with a degree from RMIT in Melbourne, Neil has never found a water or drainage problem he couldn't fix. Having spent his career working on council and mining projects across Australia, from Mildura (his home town) to the Gold Coast, Neil has always enjoyed using his knowledge to help Australian communities. “But I always wanted to make the world a better place and I am turning 50 this year, so I figured if I didn't take the opportunity to help communities overseas now, I never would.” As preparations were underway to address the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, Neil left his Melbourne city apartment to work in the world's largest refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, as part of the Australian Government's humanitarian civilian deployment program, Australia Assists. The Australia Assists program has sent 47 experts, mostly Australians, to support the Rohingya Refugee Crisis response in Bangladesh and Myanmar since 2017. Neil was initially working with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) – who is leading the global response in the Rohingya refugee camps – to flood-proof the camp before the arrival of the monsoon season. But as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to impact countries across the globe, Neil was urgently redirected to prepare the camp for a potential outbreak of COVID-19. “I think I was here about four days when I got pulled into COVID-19 work. Within about four weeks a group of us from different humanitarian agencies, working alongside local engineers and workers, had designed and begun construction on a 144-bed emergency isolation and treatment facility. I designed the waste management system. The plans were changing daily and so I was in the camp most days working with the architect and the engineers. That facility is now receiving patients.” Overcrowded conditions in refugee camps pose a greater risk of spreading communicable diseases, including COVID-19, and Neil's work has been vital to ensuring sanitation facilities are properly designed in the camp's COVID-19 isolation and treatment centers. Australia Assists gives highly skilled Australians like Neil the opportunity to make a real difference and to help our regional neighbors before, during, and after crises and conflict. Report: Sabera Begum (Cox’s Bazar) Related item code: 9-P Duration: 7:41 minutes Topic: Rohingyas with Changed Perceptions are more aware of Covid 19 than ever before. Translation Summary: Mr. Saidul Alam (25) is a CHW (Community Health Worker) of FH (Food For The Hungry), living Camp # 05, Block # B, Lambashiya, Kutupalong, Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar. He was