The same FGD participant stressed the need for more community engagement:
We want humanitarian agencies to help us prevent the spread of
Coronavirus. We request humanitarian agencies to work for the
betterment of our community by standing together with us. That means
they should have to engage with our community and they should consult
with us before doing anything. In the camps, there are so many Rohingya
who are trained professionals. Humanitarians should hire them to work in
their areas of expertise.
A religious leader in Camp 1E praised the work of some NGOs, but shared his
doubts about the integrity of others in the context of a draw-down of humanitarian
services:
Most organizations are doing well. But some NGOs are not doing well.
They are working for only one or two days a week and
taking pictures to
show their donors. It is not good. We want to avoid them. I want to
request that NGOs work honestly within their budgets.
A male youth, 19 years old, in Camp 1E voiced his concerns that humanitarian actors
are not doing enough awareness raising in the camps about the threat of the virus:
NGOs should do more awareness raising and provide us with essential
items to prevent the Coronavirus as there are over a million people in
camps who need protection. According to my observation, more than half
of these people, including myself,
still don't know the accurate
information about how we can keep ourselves safe.
A 40-year-old man who is hard of hearing requested a hearing aid from
humanitarian actors. A 42-year-old man identified several challenges with NGOs:
They should provide effective awareness to people and educate them on
good practices. They should provide necessary protective items.
Please
don't show only banners and big posters about Covid-19. All INGO
workers should respect the guidelines of Covid-19 prevention. Prevention
is for them, too, not only for camp people who should follow the rules
when they go to distribution points. NGOs should also conduct very clear
assessments to find out if people are being charged to receive their
services by majhis [block captains] in some of the blocks.
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