Australia to send millions to Bangladesh, Myanmar for food, shelter

DHAKA, 12 November 2022, (TON): Australia will provide $135 million in 2022-23 for life-saving food, water and shelter in Bangladesh and Myanmar through partner organizations.

The package of support builds on $480 million provided since 2017 to people across Myanmar, forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals, Rohingya, and host communities in Bangladesh.

The Australian foreign ministry said in a statement “it will also deliver essential protection, education and health services for those most in need, including women, girls and people with disabilities.”

Since the military coup in February 2021, the number of people in humanitarian need in Myanmar has surged from 1 million to an estimated 14.4 million.

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