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Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: Shamsun Nahar is a Rohingya refugee and has been living in Cox's Bazar camp for seven years, where three of her children were born. Photo: Fabeha Monir/Oxfam. Oxfam acknowledges the support of the Australian Government through the Australian Humanitarian Partnership (AHP).

How supporters like you helped Shamsun feed her family

Late last year, people like you generously donated to provide Rohingya women with safe access to the clean water they urgently need for life, health, dignity and a more secure future.    

These gifts are already on their way to support people in Cox’s Bazar and those facing poverty and inequality all over the world. People like Shamsun.  

Shamsun is one of the 250,000 Rohingya people Oxfam has supported since the crisis began. And the generosity of people like you helped her grow her own vegetables to feed her family.  

When Shamsun was 16, violence broke out in her home in Myanmar. Shamsun was separated from her parents and came to the refugee camp Cox’s Bazar, where she’s lived ever since. Now 23, she lives in the camp with her husband and three children.  

Oxfam was able to work with our local partner organisation, MUKTI Cox’s Bazar, to provide life-saving water, sanitation and hygiene supplies, food, gender and protection programs and training sessions.  

Shamsun joined one of these two-day training sessions on growing her own vegetables.    

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: Shamsun Nahar is a Rohingya refugee and has been living in Cox's Bazar camp for seven years, where three of her children were born. Photo: Fabeha Monir/Oxfam. Oxfam acknowledges the support of the Australian Government through the Australian Humanitarian Partnership (AHP).

“After the training, we planted the seedlings and seeds in the garden which they provided to us and we also gave fertilisers and watered the plants accordingly. We planted all the seeds according to their [MUKTI’s] instruction and it helped us to grow more vegetables,” Shamsun said.    

“We eat the vegetables with our neighbours and children which we grew in the garden and it provides nutrition to my children. I feel happy to work in the garden and I have worked as they have instructed me.”  

Whether it’s Shamsun in Cox’s Bazar, climate activists in Cambodia, First Peoples in Australia or beyond, your support is transforming lives. We can’t thank you enough.  

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