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Muhammadiyah sends aid team for Rohingya
A medical team established by Indonesia's second largest Muslim group, Muhammadiyah, departed on Friday for Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on a mission to help hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees fleeing from conflict in Rakhine state, Myanmar.
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A Rohingya child refugee walks through Balukhali refugee camp near the Bangladeshi town of Gumdhum on Sept. 17. Heavy monsoon rains brought new misery to hundreds of thousands of Rohinyga residing in makeshift camps in Bangladesh after fleeing violence in Myanmar. The United Nations says 409,000 Rohingya have now overwhelmed Cox's Bazar since Aug. 25 when the military in Buddhist-majority Myanmar launched antiterror operations in Rakhine state. AFP/ Dominique Faget (AFP/Dominique Faget )
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medical team established by Indonesia's second-largest Muslim group, Muhammadiyah, departed on Friday for Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on a mission to help hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees fleeing from conflict in Rakhine state, Myanmar.
The team, which comprises three doctors, nine nurses and supervision officials from Lazismu, Muhammadiyah's philanthropic group, will join Muhammadiyah's aid team, named MuhammadiyahAid, based in Bangladesh's capital city of Dhaka since Sept. 17.
"MuhammadiyahAid is a form of Muhammadiyah's commitment to becoming an active participant in addressing international humanitarian emergencies as stipulated in [the organization's] Muktamar [congress]," MuhammadiyahAid coordinator Wachid Ridwan said in a statement on Friday.
In Cox's Bazar, MuhammadiyahAid will provide health services, medication and baby food for the Rohingya refugees. MuhammadiyahAid will also conduct what it calls a "thorough assessment" to measure how Muhammadiyah can help in assisting the lives of the Muslim Rohingya still in Myanmar.
"We are waiting for political developments from the government of Myanmar, which include easier access to enter Rakhine state," Wachid said.
As of Friday, Lazismu has collected Rp 14 billion (US$1 million) in donations for the Rohingya, the philanthropic group's president director, Andar Nubowo, said. (ary)
