Canada provides CAD 10m to support Rohingyas with clean cooking fuel 

Canada announced a CAD 10 million contribution to provide clean, safe, and sustainable cooking fuel for nearly 12 lakh Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. 

The funding, provided to the UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) and IOM (the International Organization for Migration), will ensure the continued provision of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) to the Rohingya. 

This is essential for cooking while helping to preserve the fragile environment surrounding the camps and improving the safety, health, and dignity of refugees, particularly women and children, according to a press release issued by the UNHCR.

"Canada remains a longstanding and steadfast partner in the Rohingya crisis response. This climate-responsive humanitarian contribution will reduce deforestation and carbon emissions in an environmentally fragile district, benefiting refugees, Bangladeshis, and the wider population. 

"It will also lower the risks to vulnerable people, especially women and girls, including those that stem from gathering firewood," said Ajit Singh, high commissioner of Canada to Bangladesh. 

"Canada is pleased to provide this CAD 10 million contribution to UNHCR and IOM to strengthen environmental protection that benefits us all, as well as advance the well-being of vulnerable Rohingya refugees."

"Nine years on, Rohingya refugees are navigating one of the world's most difficult displacement situations - a protracted crisis compounded by climate vulnerability," said Juliette Murekeyisoni, UNHCR deputy representative in Bangladesh.