Funding Cuts Force Catholic Charity to Scale Back Rohingya Aid in Bangladesh

Funding cuts force Catholic charity to scale back Rohingya aid in Bangladesh

As foreign donations dwindle, the Catholic Church's relief agency in Bangladesh is repairing fewer shelters and rationing hygiene supplies for Rohingya refugees who depend on it. [...]

Funding cuts force Catholic charity to scale back Rohingya aid

Caritas Bangladesh has been forced to scale back its relief work for Rohingya refugees in the city of Coxʼs Bazar as funding from foreign donors declines, its emergency response director said.“Our biggest challenge now is funding,” said Liton Luis Gomes, project director of Caritas Bangladeshʼs Emergency Response Program.“We only received 60% of the funds we planned for this fiscal year; we didnʼt get the remaining 40%,” Gomes told EWTN News by …