Since the establishment of the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Al-Khair Foundation Bangladesh has been actively working to provide housing, food, clothing, and clean water for the Rohingya refugees from Myanmar. The foundation ensures emergency support within 24 hours through the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC). Its activities in the Kutupalong Camp (Camp 1 West) include health posts, WASH programs, and food assistance, benefiting 15,000 camp residents.

• Healthcare for Rohingyas: Al-Khair Foundation has been operating a health post in the Balukhali Rohingya refugee camp since 2017 to provide medical services to displaced Rohingya refugees. To combat the spread and impact of infectious diseases, the foundation has been offering free healthcare services in the camp. Between 2022 and 2024, approximately 70,000 Rohingyas received free medical services through the health post.
• WASH Program: Since the Rohingya influx in 2017, Al-Khair Foundation Bangladesh has implemented a WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) program in the camps. Its activities include installing deep tube wells, building toilets and washrooms, constructing drainage systems, providing water purification pumps, managing solid waste, promoting hygiene awareness, and distributing hygiene kits based on community needs.
  
  1. Safe Water Supply: Over the past three years, Al-Khair Foundation has purified river water and supplied clean drinking water twice daily to 10,000 individuals in Camp 1 West through a pipeline system. Additionally, 57 deep and shallow tube wells have been managed to ensure 20 liters of safe water daily for 15,000 camp residents.
  
  2. Toilet and Washroom Maintenance: The foundation regularly maintains and cleans approximately 100 toilets it has built, ensuring they remain operational for daily use by Rohingya families. Similarly, washrooms are repaired and cleaned regularly.
  
  3. Solid Waste Management: In the densely populated camp, cleanliness is critical to prevent disease. Al-Khair Foundation has established a comprehensive solid waste management system in its operational area. Each family receives two bins—one red for organic waste and one green for non-organic waste. Volunteers collect waste daily, segregating non-organic waste for proper disposal and using organic waste to produce compost fertilizer. This fertilizer is distributed among beneficiaries. Drains are also cleaned regularly.
  
  4. Hygiene Promotion: Through courtyard meetings, the foundation's skilled staff implements hygiene promotion programs emphasizing behavior change, proper practices, handwashing with soap, menstrual hygiene management, gender sensitivity, and stopping open defecation. These meetings are attended by men, women, teenagers, and adolescents.
  
  5. Beneficiary Engagement Program: To ensure beneficiary participation, the foundation has formed various committees, such as User Groups, WASH Committees, and Block Committees. These groups are trained, assigned responsibilities, and regularly monitored.
  
  
• Emergency Food Assistance: During the two fire incidents in Balukhali Camp in 2023 and 2024, Al-Khair Foundation provided food supplies to 1,200 families to combat food insecurity. Additionally, special food assistance was provided to 3,625 families during Ramadan over the past three years.

As a result of these initiatives, the operational areas have witnessed improvements in health security and living standards. Effective inclusive toilet systems have reduced open defecation and increased bathing facilities. Handwashing with soap has become more common, waterborne diseases have decreased, and beneficiary participation in the programs has increased.