Act for Peace (National Council of Churches in Australia) has decided to give a portion of funds raised through this year’s Christmas Bowl appeal directly to the Rohingya people. Donations to the Christmas Bowl can help provide: desperately needed food and water; emergency shelters; medical care for people with severe, life-threatening injuries.
Raisa Chowdhury at ICCO Cooperation, an Act for Peace partner, writes from a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: “I thought I had seen the worst of conditions, but [these] scenes and stories have left my heart broken and my mind in distress … I met many families. They were all weak and hungry. They were all exposed to diseases. They were all traumatised and in need of psychological attention.”
