Beyond2020 initiative brings solar solution to Rohingya camps 
Skip to main content
  • Home
  • Economy
  • Stocks
  • Analysis
  • World+Biz
  • Sports
  • Features
  • Epaper
  • More
    • Subscribe
    • COVID-19
    • Bangladesh
    • Splash
    • Videos
    • Games
    • Long Read
    • Infograph
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Thoughts
    • Podcast
    • Quiz
    • Tech
    • Archive
    • Trial By Trivia
    • Magazine
    • Supplement
  • বাংলা
The Business Standard

Thursday
August 11, 2022

Sign In
Subscribe
  • Home
  • Economy
  • Stocks
  • Analysis
  • World+Biz
  • Sports
  • Features
  • Epaper
  • More
    • Subscribe
    • COVID-19
    • Bangladesh
    • Splash
    • Videos
    • Games
    • Long Read
    • Infograph
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Thoughts
    • Podcast
    • Quiz
    • Tech
    • Archive
    • Trial By Trivia
    • Magazine
    • Supplement
  • বাংলা
THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 2022
Beyond2020 initiative brings solar solution to Rohingya camps 

Rohingya Crisis

TBS Report
08 June, 2021, 10:35 pm
Last modified: 08 June, 2021, 10:40 pm

Related News

  • Army Chief visits Cox’s Bazar’s Khurushkul Ashrayan project
  • Violence in Rohingya camps to prevent repatriation: FM
  • Rohingya man detained in Bogura
  • UNHCR celebrates the resilience of Rohingyas on World Refugee Day
  • Covid-19 infection rising in Rohingya camps, border districts

Beyond2020 initiative brings solar solution to Rohingya camps 

Camp residents now feel safe at night and can roam around freely

TBS Report
08 June, 2021, 10:35 pm
Last modified: 08 June, 2021, 10:40 pm
Photo: Courtesy
Photo: Courtesy

Electricians Without Borders, a France-based global non-government organisation, has installed 240 solar home systems and 640 solar individual kits for the displaced Myanmar nationals at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhiya of Cox's Bazar.

The initiative is led by the Zayed Sustainability Prize under the banner of the Beyond2020 humanitarian initiative, which serves as an extension of the prize. Electricians Without Borders is a previous prize winner. 

The rising rate of crimes and security concerns in the Rohingya camps, further compounded by the continuous need for proper sanitation facilities and sufficient lighting, has increased challenges for the Rohingya people.

Against such a backdrop, the Beyond2020 initiative to provide solar solutions in the Rohingya camp has not only ensured better daily living conditions for the refugees, but also played a part in supporting the core objectives of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in alignment with the Zayed Sustainability Prize's ethos, says a press release. 

Herve Gouyet,  president of Electricians Without Borders, said helping displaced populations gain access to sustainable lighting solutions is essential to help them immediately improve their safety and living conditions inside the camps and also to help them recover and rebuild their lives in a longer-term capacity.

"As an organisation, we have long been the promoters of this key issue and we have a strong track record of intervening in displacement situations after disasters. This is why we decided to intervene in 2018-2019 to help Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar, a project that enabled us to win the 2020 Zayed Sustainability Prize in the energy category."

Since the completion of the initiative in March, residents of the camps now feel safe at night and people living in the camps can now roam around freely, maintain social and community activities, access different basic necessities, and complete essential tasks.

Beyond2020 is supported by several UAE-based and international partners, including Abu Dhabi Global Market, Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, Mubadala Petroleum, the UAE's Ministry of Tolerance and Coexistence, Masdar, and BNP Paribas.

Bangladesh / Top News

Beyond2020 / Solar solution / Rohingya camps

Comments

While most comments will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderation decisions are subjective. Published comments are readers’ own views and The Business Standard does not endorse any of the readers’ comments.

Top Stories

  • Illustration: TBS
    Removal of Treasury chiefs: Panic or justified?
  • Infograph: TBS
    Here is how trade disputes pile up, wreak havoc on businesses
  • HC asks why govt didn't ask for info from Swiss bank
    HC asks why govt didn't ask for info from Swiss bank

MOST VIEWED

  • Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar. Photo: TBS
    Dhaka seeks Washington’s support in Rohingya case with ICJ
  • China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi answers reporter's questions during a Reuters interview in Munich, Germany, 12 February 2016. REUTERS/Michael Dalder/File Photo
    We are sincerely working to resolve Rohingya crisis: Minister Wang
  • New evidence shows how Myanmar’s military planned its brutal purge of the Rohingya
    New evidence shows how Myanmar’s military planned its brutal purge of the Rohingya
  • Rohingya youth shot dead at Ukhiya camp
    Rohingya youth shot dead at Ukhiya camp
  •  A Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, November 16, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
    Dengue cases on rise in Rohingya camps
  • PM to discuss Rohingya repatriation in upcoming India visit: Foreign secy
    PM to discuss Rohingya repatriation in upcoming India visit: Foreign secy

Related News

  • Army Chief visits Cox’s Bazar’s Khurushkul Ashrayan project
  • Violence in Rohingya camps to prevent repatriation: FM
  • Rohingya man detained in Bogura
  • UNHCR celebrates the resilience of Rohingyas on World Refugee Day
  • Covid-19 infection rising in Rohingya camps, border districts

Features

Shafia Siddiqi (left) and Simran Akter (right). Photo: Noor A Alam

Big dreams in small rooms: The aspiring nurses of Geneva Camp

50m | Panorama
Illustration: TBS

How to deal with toxic people at work

1h | Pursuit
Women were more likely to report leaving the workforce between March 2020 and September 2021 than their male counterparts. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

Being single and smart is bad for your career if you are a woman

1h | Pursuit
Illustration: TBS

Removal of Treasury chiefs: Panic or justified?

2h | Panorama

More Videos from TBS

Is this a new horizon in medical science?

Is this a new horizon in medical science?

2h | Videos
Can sleep help you become successful?

Can sleep help you become successful?

2h | Videos
Military drills to prepare invasion, says Taiwan

Military drills to prepare invasion, says Taiwan

3h | Videos
Salimullah Khan on Ahmad Safa's thinking on nature

Salimullah Khan on Ahmad Safa's thinking on nature

13h | Videos

Most Read

1
Dollar crisis: BB orders removal of 6 banks’ treasury chiefs 
Banking

Dollar crisis: BB orders removal of 6 banks’ treasury chiefs 

2
Diesel price hiked by Tk34 per litre, Octane by Tk46
Energy

Diesel price hiked by Tk34 per litre, Octane by Tk46

3
Photo: Collected
Transport

Will Tokyo’s traffic model solve Dhaka’s gridlocks?

4
Infographic: TBS
Banking

Dollar rate will be left to market after two months: Governor

5
Arrest warrant against Habib Group chairman, 4 others 
Crime

Arrest warrant against Habib Group chairman, 4 others 

6
File Photo: State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid
Energy

All factories to remain closed once a week under rationing system

EMAIL US
[email protected]
FOLLOW US
WHATSAPP
+880 1847416158
The Business Standard
  • About Us
  • Contact us
  • Sitemap
  • Privacy Policy
  • Comment Policy
Copyright © 2022
The Business Standard All rights reserved
Technical Partner: RSI Lab

Contact Us

The Business Standard

Main Office -4/A, Eskaton Garden, Dhaka- 1000

Phone: +8801847 416158 - 59

Send Opinion articles to - [email protected]

For advertisement- [email protected]