honorable mention
SARIKA GULATI indiaPhoto © SARIKA GULATI
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Young Rohingya Girl - Voices, Concerns and Aspirations
Living on aid, Yasmin now remains preoccupied with thought of food for the baby, clothes for the baby, if he will ever get a school here; neither do I own land or a house here. Kyrul Amin, 24, her husband echoes similar sentiments. ‘Now we have responsibility of a child. If I am able to get a sewing machine, perhaps I can stitch clothes and earn some money,’ says Yasmin with hope.
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Eighteen-year-old Yasmin uses a hand-fan to find some relief in her hot sweltering bamboo hut in Kutupalong, Cox's Bazar. She was one month pregnant when she fled violence in Myanmar. She safely delivered her first child in a Primary Health Centre in Cox's Bazar. Denial of any health services in Myanmar had made her skeptical of doctors and stories of both pregnant mother and child being killed in health centers in Myanmar are common in the community. She had no faith in any doctor or health services. Local health workers helped her through pregnancy and develop faith in health centers.Living on aid, Yasmin now remains preoccupied with thought of food for the baby, clothes for the baby, if he will ever get a school here; neither do I own land or a house here. Kyrul Amin, 24, her husband echoes similar sentiments. ‘Now we have responsibility of a child. If I am able to get a sewing machine, perhaps I can stitch clothes and earn some money,’ says Yasmin with hope.
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